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Making optimal use of the Open edX community will ideally let lets us get valuable work into and through the pipeline on a more accelerated and budget-friendly scale. The Community has a encompasses a vast range of expertise, and understands the inner workings of our software just as much--if not more--as we do.
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How do I know if my project is a candidate for Blended Development?
Does your project
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fall into any of these categories? If so, blended development may be appropriate:
Your project has [or will soon have] clear platform requirements for product + technical direction?
Upgrades and maintenance work are also good candidates for this work.
Does your project close .
Your project consists of upgrades and/or maintenance work.
Your project closes key T&L platform gaps or technology debt that limits T&L advancement?.
Does the The platform area have has [or will soon have] clear internal owners, both Product and Technical, and a support model?.
Take a look at the blended project brief (which all teams fill out), along with these operating principles to see the detail to keep in mind.
NOTE: You can always reach out directly to the Open edX team and ask for feedback guidance as well!
How do I get started?
Reach out to blended-development@edx.org and the Open edX team will get you and your team oriented and setup to start.
We’ll help you with getting your project set up in the blended pipeline.
We can help you with your project SOW and reaching out to the appropriate provider(s).
We’ll provide you with automated tools and support during your project and can help escalate any issues if needed (note that the providers are well-versed in our process and have the tools already, so they should be good to go!).
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Start completing your Project Brief. This will be the document that helps to guide the rest of the process as far as what you may need as far as knowledge, capacity and budget.
Resources and Extras
Take a look at our internal blended process. This shows the flow in more detail, along with what each team is accountable for. As mentioned previously, the The providers have their own version of this document, so there is alignment from the startthey are aware of the process.
Have a peek at more of the projects in the blended pipeline to see what kind kinds of things are currently being done via blended.
Blended Development Check out the blended development project pages on Confluence.
Check out our blended providers: OpenCraft, EduNext, Edly, Raccoon Gang, Overhang.io.
Check out this blended success story!
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Contact
Questions? Feedback? Reach out to
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Michelle Philbrick, Ed Zarecor and/or blended-development@edx.org
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