Value Proposition

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Introduction

The general value proposition of OSE is discussed at the OSE Value Proposition page.

For specific GVCS machines or products - the Value Proposition refers to a specific definition of what is new or worthwhile about the product we are proposing. What authentic value is OSE producing? This could be:

  1. What is new here? What has never been done? How is this different? How is this not simply rehashing millennia of prior human development? Novelty in OSE work can be subtle and may be invisible to the casual observer - for which reason, the novelty has to be made explicit.
  2. What is the value compared to the industry standard baseline? Value compared to the industry standards may be a lower cost to performance ratio, longer product lifetime, better support, increased transparency, greater simplicity, increased ease of maintenance, and others.
  3. Integration and Ecology. Typically OSE is interested in complex product ecosystems (industrial and natural ecology, known as Open Source Ecology. Typically, OSE is interested in generating value by creating systems with a level of integration that has not been achieved before, to allow for synergies and efficiencie with minimal external inputs.

Practice

The Value Proposition builds upon the OSE Specification Review by quantifying the qualitative aspects of the OSE Specifications. In order to propose a meaningful Value Proposition, one has to understand the Technology Assessment of current industry standards.