Growing Communities: A Research-based Framework for Eliminating Barriers to Contribution
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Research analyzes Apache Foundation survey and interviews, producing a reusable framework that maps 88 barriers into nine agency levels and three types process technical social, and pairs them with 48 mitigation strategies. Quantitative checks on 12 projects use GrimoireLab/Bitergia analytics to surface diversity and contribution indicators. Key surprising claim: most barriers sit at project/foundation process and social levels rather than individual technical skill gaps. Framework is applied to ASF and yields actionable interventions and tracking metrics.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:00Why are we here
- 3:20Are there barriers
- 5:04What can we do
- 7:32Framework
- 8:02Challenges
- 10:25Research
- 10:57Average Profile
- 11:52Key Insights
- 13:47Challenges related to internal processes
- 15:29Strategies for internal processes
- 16:20Social challenges
- 17:48Inclusion
- 19:08Summary
- 20:59Quantitative Approach
- 21:50Conclusion
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