OSSMMOsIs, an Open Innovation
Maturity Model oriented to Open
Source Software Adoption
Lucia Mendez, Lidia Lopez, Juan P. Carvallo, Claudia P. Ayala and Catalina Peña
Abstract. Nowadays, is well-known that Open Source Software (OSS) offer attractive benefits (like time-to-market reduction, good software solutions, contributions to knowledge, among others), capable to generate competitive advantages but at the same time, high impact on business model, goals, processes, and risks. The main impact is related to innovations that come from both external and internal stakeholders. Therefore, the way in which an organization manages its internal innovation and opens to the external, constitutes a critical success factor for OSS adoption. We identify a lack of support in organizations to know (in terms of business goals reached) its readiness level to carry out OSS adoption projects in the environment of Open Innovation. In response, the present work proposes an Open Innovation Maturity Model oriented to Open Source Software adoption, OSSMMOsIs1, like a business support tool that facilitates this identification task in early adoption stages.
