A project refers to a collaborative endeavor to deliver a work item. Projects may entail producing a document, such as requirements or use cases, a whitepaper, or an analysis. A project's scope can also replace or build on the Foundation's capability. Projects may involve growing the community of green software practitioners through events, training, and other community activities.

How are projects governed?

Each project is governed by a governing body that ultimately make decisions regarding the projects deliverables. The main governing bodies are either one of the Working Groups, the Steering Committee (SC) or critical projects required for the smooth running of the Foundation are governed by the Executive Team (the GSF staff themselves).

For member led projects the Technical Oversight Committee owns the project lifecycle process, approves new projects and approves changes to a projects state as it matures. To find our more information regarding how to propose a project, a projects life-cycle and the governance of projects please visit the technical oversight committees page.

The strong preference is that projects are governed by the members, however projects may be governed by the Operations team if they are:

For operations led projects the decisions are ultimately made by the GSF staff members and led by the Executive Director of the Foundation.

Project List

Led by Executive Team

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Led by Standards Working Group

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Led by Open Source Working Group

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Led by Policy Working Group

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Led by Community Working Group