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Put your project operations on auto-pilot
Project Control Center (PCC) is a platform designed to help project administrators set up and manage open source projects associated with the Linux Foundation.
It provides a self-service configuration for various aspects of project operations, including governance, membership, IT, collaboration tools, documentation, and community roles.
With PCC, project administrators can automate project operations, reduce turnaround time, and increase productivity. The platform offers a range of features and tools to streamline project setup and management, making it easier to focus on core project activities.
You can read more about PCC by visiting our website.
You can access PCC using the following URL: https://projectadmin.lfx.linuxfoundation.org/
Access to PCC is restricted. To gain access, please open a support ticket here.
Self-Service Configuration: Automate project operations and reduce manual effort with self-service tools for governance, IT, and collaboration.
API-Driven Automation: API-driven automation simplifies common open source project tasks, such as provisioning new cloud resources and development tools.
Project Governance: Organize governance resources, including legal entities, project documentation, export controls, and trademarks.
Memberships and Finances: Manage financial operations, including membership tiers, pricing, billing, and accounting.
Role-Based Access Control: Set permissions per project for administrators, project managers, and community stakeholders.
Integrated Project Tooling: Get your project onboarded to the entire suite of LFX tools, designed to help you scale your open source projects.
Release Engineering: Manage your code release pipeline, from commits and code merges to builds, packaging, and distribution.
IT Service Inventory: Centralized management of IT services, including source control, domains, mailing lists, cloud instances, and collaboration tools.
Increase productivity by automating project operations
Reduce turnaround time from weeks to minutes with API-driven automation.
Simplify project setup and management with self-service tools
Improve collaboration and communication with role-based access control
Enhance project governance and compliance with integrated tools and features
PCC is designed for project administrators and managers who set up and manage open source projects associated with the Linux Foundation. This includes:
Project administrators who are responsible for setting up and managing project operations
Project managers who need to streamline project setup and management
Community stakeholders who require role-based access control and collaboration tools
Developers who need to manage their code release pipeline and IT services
Anyone looking to increase productivity, reduce turnaround time, and simplify project operations
For more information, see PCC.
Setup Services
IT Services
Basic
Domain
Legal
Email Forwarding
Membership
Mailing List
Committee
Source Control
Issue Tracking
Wiki
Meetings
Cloud Providers
The Reports tab provides you an option to view Health Metrics related to your project.
Health metrics for open source projects are crucial for assessing their well-being, performance, and sustainability. These metrics assist stakeholders in gauging community engagement, activity levels, and the overall project environment.
The following are the main objectives of this feature :
Provide visibility to the projects on areas to improve as per the OSS best practices guidelines for project setup.
Monitor the project's health and take immediate action when the same starts deteriorating.
Act as a checklist for the projects when they are ready to Graduate.
Accessing the Health Metrics for your project is straightforward:
Log in to your PCC account.
Navigate to the project of interest.
Click on the 'Reports' tab.
Select 'Health Metrics' to view the project's health report.
To access the Health Metrics report, perform the following steps:
Log to your PCC account.
Search for the required project.
Click on the 'Reports' tab.
Select Health Metrics to view the project's health report.
After logging in to the PCC, the home page serves as the default landing page. It offers an overview of your projects and subprojects.
To add a new project, you need to provide essential information about the project.
This information will be used to create a "draft" project, which will then be reviewed by the "formation team." The formation team will review the project details, ask questions, and create draft governance materials for your review.
Click Add Project. A form will appear; fill out the form and click Next.
Common Name
Enter the name of the project that you identify the project name with. This is a mandatory field.
Category will be enabled only when you select a Parent Project. You can select the project to categorize for better grouping and navigation.
Slug
The "slug" (URL fragment) is a unique project identifier suitable for using in a URL, and is used to reference projects in a recognizable way by services within and outside the LFX platform. It is typically NOT changed once the project has been added.
Upon typing a common name, PCC will attempt to format a slug based on the common name.
This field is mandatory
Parent Project
Select the parent project if you want to associate or add your project as a child project.
Select No Parent, if you do not want to add any parent project.
Stage
Select the stage from the drop-down
Draft: This project is still in the planning phase and has not been formally initiated.
Formation: Disengaged: This project has been formally initiated, but the formation team is not actively engaged in its development.
Formation: Exploratory: This project is in the early stages of formation, and the formation team is exploring its feasibility and requirements.
Formation: On hold: This project has been formally initiated, but its development has been temporarily paused.
Primary Website/Domain
Enter the primary website or domain of the project.
Repository URL
Enter the GitHub repository url.
Project Logo
You can upload the relevant logo for your project.
Click Add Project, and a form will appear. Complete the form and click Create Project.
Field
Action
Technology Sector
Select an appropriate technology sector for your project. You can also select more than one sector.
If you feel that your project falls across all sectors, check the Cross Technology box.
Industry Sector
Select an appropriate industry sector for your project. You can also select more than one sector.
If you feel that your project falls across all sectors, check the Cross-Industry box.
Technical Activity Type
Select an appropriate technical activity for your project. You can also select more than one sector.
Formation Date
Select the formation date of the project.
Expected Announcement Date
Select the date when the project will be expected to be released.
Primary Open Source License
Select the required primary open source license for your project.
Description
Provide a short description of your project.
Mission Statement
Provide a single-line mission statement that depicts your project followed by the primary goal of your project. This is a mandatory field.
Upon success, you will be redirected to your newly created project
By default, all newly created projects will have Draft as their default status.
An email is also sent to the formation team informing them of the newly created project that is awaiting review.
View All Projects lists all the projects created, irrespective of who has created them.
The search bar at the top of the interface lets you quickly find specific projects by entering keywords or project names.
When using the search input, you will retrieve a list of related projects and domains, if any.
The following two features work together to provide a flexible and efficient way to navigate the platform:
Use the search bar to find specific projects or content within that domain.
Use the domain selector to refine your search context first.
Clicking on a project will redirect you to the selected project.
Clicking on a domain will redirect you to manage that domain within the project it is associated with.
If your project uses LFX Meetings, the calendar on the dashboard will offer a concise and comprehensive overview of all upcoming and past meetings associated with the current project.
You can adjust the visibility of the calendar by clicking the calendar toggle button, which allows you to easily show or hide the calendar as needed.
Quick links allow you to navigate to common tasks within PCC faster. Depending on your access, you can:
View or create a committee
View or create a mailing list
View or schedule a meeting
View or send Surveys
View Public Calendar
Quick Links assist you in creating the following tasks:
Creating a committee, for more information, refer Create a committee
Creating a mailing list, for more information, refer Create a mailing list
Scheduling a meeting, for more information, refer to Schedule a meeting
Project staff outlines key individuals within a project, such as:
Executive Director
Program Manager
Opportunity Owner
To update the project staff, follow these steps:
Click on the name within the Project Staff list.
You can edit the names of the Executive Director and Program Manager in the pop-up window.
Click Confirm.
Currently, you are unable to update the Opportunity Owner. To update the Opportunity Owner, please contact support.
By adding a project in PCC, users can:
Streamline Project Governance: Organize and manage governance resources, including legal entities, official committees, project documentation, export controls, and trademarks, all in one place.
Simplify Financial Management: Easily manage financial operations, including membership tiers, pricing, billing, and accounting, to ensure a smooth and transparent financial experience.
Enhance Collaboration and Access Control: Set permissions based on roles, granting administrators, project managers, and community stakeholders the access they need to perform their tasks efficiently.
Get Started with Integrated Project Tooling: Get onboarded to the entire suite of LFX tools, designed to help scale open-source projects, and take advantage of features like code release pipeline management and IT service inventory.
Effortlessly Manage Release Engineering: Automate and manage the code release pipeline, from commits and code merges to builds, packaging, and distribution, to ensure seamless project delivery.
Centralize IT Service Inventory: Easily manage and track IT services, including source control, domains, mailing lists, cloud instances, and collaboration tools, in a single, accessible location.
By adding a project in PCC, you can simplify project management, enhance collaboration, and streamline governance, ultimately driving project success.
The Membership Churn metric tracks the rate at which members leave your project.
The Membership Churn metric tracks the rate of members who have stopped their membership for your project within the selected period.
Free membership account data is excluded from this metric, and downgrades are included in lost members.
This percentage indicates the proportion of members who stopped their subscription or membership compared to the total number of members in a specific period. A lower churn rate is generally desirable.
This represents the estimated value lost due to member churn. It calculates the financial impact of members discontinuing their subscriptions or memberships.
This chart illustrates the churn rate across different membership tiers such as platinum, gold, and silver. The vertical bar chart highlights, which membership tiers are experiencing higher levels of churn, providing insights into where improvements can be made to retain members and reduce overall membership value lost.
Click Explore More CTA to navigate to the detailed dedicated page where you can see the specific factors contributing to membership churn, view historical trends, and analyze patterns over time.
Identifies the number of current and new members for the foundation
Participating Organization Health Metric provides engagement scores for members and non-members. Engagement score is calculated for every participating organization. Engagement score is classified into three levels: High, Medium, and Low.
The Participating Organization allows you to view the engagement score for members and non-members. The Participating Organization widget provides you with the following details:
Number of Members
Number of new members
Engagement score bar for members
Number of non-members
Number of non-renewals
Engagement score bar for non-members
You will be navigated to the Members details page when you click Explore More. The member's details page provides various details related to the members for the current year. The members' details page provides details such as:
Member Widget
Member Breakdown by Engagement Score bar
New Member Growth by Year Line Graph
Membership Breakdown by Tier Table
Members' table
Member widget provides various details, such as:
Total number of members
Total number of new members
Total number of non-renewals
Member Breakdown by Engagement score bar provides the score of the members. The scores of the members are categorized as High, Medium, and Low.
The New Member Growth by Year line graph provides the line graph of new member growth for the last 5 years. It provides the progression of the member growth every month for the last 5 years.
Membership Breakdown by tier table provides you with the list of membership breakdowns for the last 6 years. It shows you the memberships, such as Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Associate membership availed by members in the last 6 years along with total membership details.
The members table provides you with complete details of the members such as Member name, membership level, engagement of the member, NPS score, membership start date, and membership end date.
You can also use the toggle button to filter new members from all members list.
On clicking on the member name, you will be navigated to the Member Details page which provides:
Member Name
Membership Type
Active contributors
Total contributors
Member engagement score
Month-wise member engagement details in a bar graph for the last year
Key Metrics used to calculate the member engagement growth.
On clicking the metric, you can see the percentage of the metric used to calculate the member engagement score.