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title: Open Source Readiness - Weekly Update - 13 September 2023
description: "This year at FINOS we are focusing on one of FINOS' key existing projects: Open Source Readiness. This is FINOS' term for helping the finance industry \"do open source properly\". It’s been all-go in the world of Open Source Readiness again this week.  Three things for your attention:"
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# [Open Source Readiness - Weekly Update - 13 September 2023](https://www.finos.org/blog/open-source-readiness-weekly-update-13-september-2023)

 Written by [Rob Moffat](https://www.finos.org/blog/author/rob-moffat) | 9/13/23 3:26 PM

This year at FINOS we are focusing on one of FINOS' key existing projects: [Open Source Readiness](https://www.finos.org/open-source-readiness). This is FINOS' term for helping the finance industry "do open source properly".

It’s been all-go in the world of Open Source Readiness again this week.  Three things for your attention:

More Stuff To Read

After last week’s mega-merge of pull requests, we’re still at it! Here are a few articles which are ready for review.  Although we haven’t got an agenda together yet, I expect we’ll be looking more closely at some of these in next week’s[OSR Special Interest Group Meeting on 20th September](https://calendar.finos.org/):

[**Leveraging Open Source as a Strategy by Gil Yehuda from US Bank**](https://deploy-preview-145--open-source-readiness.netlify.app/docs/bok/Activities/Level-5/Leveraging-Strategically):  Level 5 of the [open source maturity model](https://osr.finos.org/docs/bok/OSMM/Introduction) is about *Strategy*. At this level, you seek to make decisions that shape the technology landscape in your favor to create new opportunities.  [Review the PR here.](https://github.com/finos/open-source-readiness/pull/145)

[**Open Source Foundations by Brittany Istenes of Fannie Mae**](https://deploy-preview-159--open-source-readiness.netlify.app/docs/bok/Activities/Level-4/Foundations)**:** This article describes the importance of interacting with open source foundations, the roles they perform and ways in which your organization can make the most of them.  [Review it here.](https://github.com/finos/open-source-readiness/pull/159/files)

[**Supply Chain Security (by me with contributions from Peter Smulovics of Morgan Stanley):**](https://deploy-preview-172--open-source-readiness.netlify.app/docs/bok/Activities/Level-2/Supply-Chain-Security)In this article we look at the growing issue of software supply chain attacks via some examples and then look at the emerging field of open source supply chain security: what it is, current best practices, the institutional landscape and emerging legislation.  [Add your review to the PR](https://github.com/finos/open-source-readiness/pull/172).

Item Writing!

Last Friday the Linux Foundation certifications team met with some of our subject matter experts to explain the process of *writing items* for the FINOS / TODO Financial Services Open Source Developer Exam (FSOSD).   

In a way, this is kind of the culmination of all the work that’s been happening this year:  in order to write the exam, we first had to create the [Open Source Body of Knowledge](https://osr.finos.org/docs/bok/Introduction), which is kind of a catalog of the best practices and everything else that’s important in the world of financial open source.  

Then, based on that, and from [reviewing existing Linux Foundation training materials](https://osr.finos.org/docs/bok/Training/Introduction) we were able to identify both a [Learning Path for Developers](https://github.com/finos/open-source-readiness/pull/156) in our industry (i.e. which courses they should take) and also write our own course, **Open Source Contribution In Finance (LFD137)** which we’ll be launching at OSFF in November (see below).

And then, based on *that*, we were able to create the exam syllabus for FSOSD.  Now, we’re actually at the stage of writing the exam: coming up with *items.* Items are questions based on the syllabus and the right and wrong answers for those questions.

If you’re interested in getting involved then for the [next two Monday’s](https://calendar.finos.org/) we have a meeting to break down the topics and figure out questions.  Come along if this is something you feel you could help with!

Obligatory OSFF Reminder

If you’re working for a FINOS member and you live in New York, why haven’t you signed up to come to OSFF yet?

There are complimentary passes for employees of [FINOS Member Firms](https://www.finos.org/members) so hurry up and [register](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-finance-forum-new-york/register/) already!

If you haven't received your unique member code, please contact [osff@finos.org](mailto:osff@finos.org) and we’ll get you sorted.

[Sign up here!](https://bit.ly/3OR19tn)

 

Author: Rob Moffat

 

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