The following Gantt chart shows a possible timeline for the implementation of quick path recommendations, including the Policy and Procurement guidelines adoptions provided in sections 4 Recommandations
Figure , OSS Implementation Gantt
The brief explanation of the Figure 9 represents the key steps towards the OSS introduction and its implementation process in the Public Administration.
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The first key activity is the establishment of the Coordination Office, which will enable the coordination of all the activities related to OSS implementation in Public Administration, and it will ensure Government commitment towards model sustainability. This action is expected to last no longer than the first 3 (three) months of 2014.
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Once the office is established, it will address the process of OSS implementation policies and procedures, which will regulate all the OSS related public administration future activities. This is expected to last at least 6 (six) months, but no longer than end of September 2014.
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The Assessment of OSS solutions in e-Learning is another key activity which is expected to provide input for the integration of the OSS solutions into the e-learning strategy.
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The encouragement of an OSS community creation is another expected result and a challenge from the government. The identification of a public entity with at least two developers may serve as a good basis for developing a functional prototype, which will follow all the guidelines of OSS life development cycle.
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The selection of one public sector institution with tens of PCs may serve as the pilot model for the OSS desktop alternative implementation.
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The development of a Roll-out Master Plan and its execution are expected to be carried out during the last quarter of 2014 and at least till the end of 2016.
6 Annexes 6.1 Annex 1 – References -
Open Source Definition: http://opensource.org
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http://opensourceforamerica.org/learn-more/oss-licensing-overview/
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http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/Open_Source_FAQ.pdf
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http://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/foss-primer.html#x1-80002.2.2
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http://opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical
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https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/news/sarkozy-administration-open-source-spending-grows-30-percent-annually
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/memoranda_fy04_m04-16
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Kimolo, N. (2003). The role of african governments in the promotion of open source.
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http://www.fossfa.net/ http://www.ubuntu.com/sites/default/files/active/Casestudy-Gendarmerie-Nationale-v1.pdf
6.2 Annex 2 – Workshop Documents
OSS Technical Workshop Agenda
OSS Technical Workshop Participants
6.3 Annex 3 – Questions and Indicators
The section 6.3.1 and 6.3.2 describe the key knowledge areas and capacity being questioned from the qualitative and quantitative used as part of the information gathering work as well as the related indicators submitted in the surveys for public sector CIO and IT businesses.
6.3.1 Public Sector CIO survey and indicators
Public Sector CIO Survey – Key questions
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No.
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Question
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Indicators
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1
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What categories of OSS application are being used more by public sector institutions?
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Rating of the category of OSS applications that are mostly used across public sector institutions
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2
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What is the level of OSS utilization in the public sector?
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Percentage per each category of OSS applications vs. total number of applications (proprietary or in-house developments) for each category institution or group of institutions wise.
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3
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What is the level of knowledge and training of the public sector ICT staff in OSS applications?
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Size and type of OSS solutions that are being maintained by public sector employees, as well as any formal training reported
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4
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Which software development and acquisition model does the ICT management staff of public sector institutions fits best for the future?
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Weighted average across development model selection from all public institutions that provided questionnaire response data as well as of each of the two categories grouping of importance rate selection of the most appropriate software development model. CIO’s were requested to rate the importance (5 = requires very much changes and adaptation of existing practices and processes, 1 = satisfies internal needs without or with a minimum changes to existing practices and processes) one of rate the these five development models: “In-house development”, “Open Source Software”, “Vendor Supported Open Source Software”, “Proprietary Software”, “Combination of the Above Alternatives”
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5
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What are the internal manpower capabilities and skills of public sector institutions to serve and maintain internal ICT infrastructure and desktop based general purpose applications?
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Percentage of ICT staff vs. totals staff of organizations, percentage of ICT staff vs. total number of workstations and server infrastructure that they have to maintain, general skillset coverage of ICT staff vs. current applications being supported.
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6
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What are the advantages of the OSS solution?
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Lists of advantages reported from the interviews of the 3 most heavy users of OSS institutions in the public sector
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7
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What are the risks of the OSS solutions?
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Lists of risks reported from the interviews of 3 public sector institutions that do not use at all OSS.
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6.3.2 IT Companies Survey and indicators
ICT Industry Survey – Key questions
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No.
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Question
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Indicator
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1
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Are Albanian ICT businesses aware of OSS?
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We provided 3 simple question (16, 18 and 25) to form the best understanding about the level of awareness
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2
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Do they understand the principles of OSS, of proprietary software, and of the OSS licenses?
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We provided 2 simple statements relating to the basic OSS principles on our questionnaires (questions 19 and 21 on the online survey). As a measure of awareness of the basic OSS principles, we chose to use the conjunction of these questions, i.e. we call an online survey “aware of the basic OSS principles”, if she or he answered “True” to all of these questions. Another possibility would have been to use a (weighted) sum of correctly answered questions to obtain degrees of awareness.
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3
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What are the sources of knowledge?
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The online survey allowed responded to check alternatives of OSS sources of knowledge (question 18)
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4
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What is the extent of their OSS solutions usage within their organizations?
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The number of respondents who indicate that they are currently using OSS within their business.
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6
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What is the extent of their OSS solutions offering to customers?
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The number of respondents who indicate that they are currently serving OSS to their customers.
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7
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What is the extent of their OSS supply and servicing capabilities?
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The category of OSS applications they are aware of the type of development and services performed
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8
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What is the level of engagement of the local business within the OSS community?
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Percentage of the number of local ICT business that provide contribution to OSS projects and community
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