After the launch of Code California, speakers from the December 2018 event are returning for a more in-depth conversation about open source and open government.
AGL and Code California hosted David Zvenyach, Former 18F Executive Director and nationally-recognized expert in technology procurement, for a town hall-style talk with audience questions.
Highlights
- Improving procurement = improving relationships (7:30)
- Procurement as a “triggering event” (8:30)
- Determining the role of open source for your agency (10:15)
- California’s responsibility as an open source leader (16:43)
- On failure (23:00)
- Requirements gathering, user-centered design, and strong product management … and what openness has to do with it (27:29)
- Getting buy-in from local government leadership (30:55)
- Overcoming fear of working in the open (35:10)
Resources
- Dave’s upcoming book seeks to apply the principles of the USDS Digital Services Playbook to procurement practices: Joyful Procurement
- StackOverflow is a good open source technical resource
- Become part of the open source community and listen deeply to those with experience (shout-out from Dave to Cyd Harrell)
Listen now
“Small tweaks to a system can have profound downstream impacts.”
- Dave Zvenyach
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