# OSC - Project Incubation Working Group {% hint style="danger" %} **ARCHIVED** This page has been archived. It's content might be outdated. {% endhint %} {% hint style="info" %} This WG falls under the Open Source Committee {% endhint %} ### Purpose/Goals Establish a clear and efficient process for nurturing and advancing open source projects, ensuring they align with organizational goals and contribute meaningfully to the broader community. This initiative aims to foster a collaborative environment, provide necessary resources, and guide projects toward sustained growth and impact in the open source landscape. The initial output should be as minimal as possible, but should cover: * Develop a comprehensive document outlining the step-by-step process for incubating open source projects within the organization. This document should include criteria for project selection, guidelines for community engagement, and a roadmap for project advancement. Since this is a working group, we should end up with an actual artifact representing our first policy draft. Items to Note: Projects that are incubating have less policies to follow, more mature projects have more items to adopt ### Committee This working group has oversight by the Open Source Committee. ### Stakeholders * Project Maintainers * Developers and Contributors * Open Source Office (OSO) * Technical Steering Committee (TSC) * Open Source Committee (OSC) * Open Source Community Members * Project Users and Beneficiaries ### Membership * Open Source Office ### Projected Deliverables * Initiate Stakeholder Engagement: * Identify and reach out to project maintainers, developers, and other relevant stakeholders. Schedule meetings or workshops to gather input on incubation process requirements. ### Research Areas #### Apache Software Foundation Incubator Process: Apache has a well-established Incubator project that serves as a gateway for new projects to enter the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). The incubation process involves thorough examination of the project's code, community, and governance. ### Collaboration Channels * Discord --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://groups.docs.intersectmbo.org/groups-overview/working-groups/project-incubation-working-group.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.