[OSList] Help needed - survey design - State of OST

[R Chaffe]

Harold,
Jess Dart is skilled and very qualified in this area as to is Bob Dick.

Both these people will want to know “what success will look like?”  Both have extensive contacts in the academic world.

Regards
Rob

> On 19 Oct 2018, at 7:05 am, Harold Shinsato via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear Open Space List,
> 
> The Open Space Institute of the U.S. has had as part of our mission to support research in Open Space. We have discussed research for years, but now we hope to initiate a research project and we are asking support from the community to help us design a survey to send out to Open Space practitioners around the world. A State of Open Space Technology survey. We hope this could be an annual survey.
> 
> Why a "State of Open Space Technology" survey?
> 
> Surveys are a helpful and inexpensive way to conduct research which has been validated by the sciences. So this is effectively a research project. It also helps us know ourselves in an interesting way. It can also help promote awareness about how Open Space Technology is being effectively used around the world, and hopefully spread that awareness beyond those who are already using it. The research can help make it safer for more people to open space.
> 
> Surveys as valid research?
> 
> We are basing this on the effective use of surveys in the technology world. The following two surveys have been an essential part of the process of both spreading the world and in helping promote self-awareness for adopters in the world of Agile Software Development. Specificially through the State of Agile survey hosted by VersionOne https://stateofagile.versionone.com, which has been happening for 13 years, and more importantly through the State of DevOps survey (https://puppet.com/resources/whitepaper/state-of-devops-report). This State of DevOps survey was the topic of what Martin Fowler, one of the signatories of the Agile Manifesto, calls the most important book of 2018. Namely, "Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps". Accelerate's first author is social scientist Dr. Nicole Forsgren. The book has a chapter that helps validate the science behind effective survey design.
> 
> How can you help?
> 
> None of the OSI-US's Board hold PhD's that could help us effectively design a survey. But maybe you are. Or you know someone who might be. Or maybe you have contacts into a University setting. Although the OSI-US does not have a great deal of funds, we do have some and this would fit as a proper project. Will you let us know of any possible candidates that could help us design a survey?
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help!
> 
>     Regards,
>     Harold Shinsato (on behalf of the Open Space Institute U.S.)
>     https://osius.org
> 
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