Hi Carsten,
~ Carsten Agger [2020-01-09 22:07 +0100]:
Minor report from the trenches of free software development, but a project for Danish local authorities I've been heavily involved with the last few years (since 2015, getting up to speed since 2017) made it to the Joinup site:
https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/aut...
Basically, it's about something as bureaucratic as maintaining authoritative organisation hierarchies, e.g. for local authorities (which the tools was specifically made to support). Ideally, all onboarding etc. of new staff could be done in this tool with integrations in place to allow automatic access to other systems the employees would need. Or, as it says in the article:
Thanks for sharing, and congratulations! I find this very interesting and relevant, as it is another example for ready tools that organisations like administrations can use, study, share, and improve.
In particular, I am happy about the following:
"OS2 already involves 66 of the country’s 98 municipalities, and 35 IT services providers. 'OS2mo could grow to become a standard application, because it delivers a common service that all public organisations in Denmark need,' he says.
According to Mr Thirifays, the software can even be adapted to other countries. 'It can already be used as a standalone tool, helping public services, companies, or NGOs keep their address book and access directory up to date.'"
The fact that it is supported by a wide range of companies and administrations, and the ability to be adapted by other players as well is a good indicator for its re-usability, which is a key asset for Free Software projects.
Best, Max