Open Source Mastery: A Four-Module Training Series
Harness open source as your competitive advantage through expert-led training, on-site or live online.
Who Should Attend
Technology Directors and Executives: Design sustainable open source strategies, governance models and risk management frameworks that protect the organisation whilst unlocking long-term value.
Business Leaders and Product Managers: Turn open source opportunities into measurable competitive advantage, accelerate product innovation, open new revenue streams and build strategic partnerships.
Strategy and Operations Leaders: Grasp ecosystem dynamics, community health and long-term value creation to drive efficiencies, elevate operational excellence and strengthen strategic decision-making.
Flexible Delivery
On-site: Immersive, customised sessions within your organisation's environment.
Live online: Interactive sessions via video conferencing.
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Provided as part of an Economics Masters programme in UCC in 2025-26
Essential Information
Course Duration and Investment
Each module is assigned a unit value that reflects its length and cost:
1 unit ≈ 2 hours of instruction.
Cost: € 350 per participant per unit (3‑unit bundle at €1,000 per participant)
Discounted rates are available for groups and educational institutions.
Module Structure
Modules are available individually or as a complete four-module series. To maximise learning impact and retention, we recommend limiting yourself to no more than 3 units per day.
Module 1 is a Prerequisite
“Module 1: The Fundamentals” provides essential foundational concepts that underpin the subsequent modules. All participants must complete Module 1 before advancing to Modules 2, 3 or 4.
On-Site Options
Each module can be extended on-site with tailored breakout sessions. These interactive sessions allow attendees to explore case studies, work through real-world scenarios, and adapt concepts to their specific business context. Contact us to discuss customised on-site delivery options.
Module 1
Foundations
Understand the rise of open source and associated business implications
Explore how the rise of Free and Open Source philosophies gave birth to distinct license families that now impact project and product strategies.
Why open source matters for business
Historical evolution from copyright to open source
Free software vs open source philosophies
Licensing frameworks and business implications
Why it matters
Establishes the foundational concepts essential to sound business and strategic decisions, forming the basis for the other modules.
Size
1 unit
Module 2
Show me the money
Leverage open source to generate real business value
Examine how organisations create and capture business value through open source models.
Distinguishing profit from revenue
Direct revenue models
Indirect revenue models
Understand the relation between open source, patents and standards
Beyond revenue: strategic, operational and cultural value
Why it matters
Reframe open source as a strategic growth engine, not a cost centre, to build enduring competitive advantage.
Module 3
Broader Considerations
Navigate organisational risks and strengthen strategic resilience
Gain insight into how open source improves your digital autonomy and enables better supply chain mastery. Understand open source sustainability challenges to ensure lasting organisational resilience.
Digital independence and IT autonomy
Risk management and compliance
The open source sustainability challenge
Why it matters
Safeguard your organisation against vendor lock-in, supply chain weakness and regulatory exposure.
Module 4
Practice & Pitfalls
Build governance and embed best practices across the organisation
Learn to identify open washing before it becomes a liability, hear how a real founder navigated open source in practice, and build the governance structures your organisation needs - from OSPO functions and inner source to foundations and stewardship.
Open washing
Interview: a founder’s open source journey
Good governance
Why it matters
Turn insight into action, embed open source best practices into daily operations, and make open source part of strategic decision-making.
Size
2 units
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2 units
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1 unit