Social Lean Canvas

Purpose

Initiate a shift from fragmented closed-source internal computer systems to systems built on an open-source platform. Make it faster, cheaper and easier to get a custom computer system for your organization without the risk of vendor lock-in.

Problem

Most government agencies and non-profits need custom computer systems. But custom computer systems are often built from the ground up, which is difficult, costly and ineffective

Existing alternatives

• Systems such as SAP (costly, vendor lock-in)

• Open-source solutions such as Joget (questionable sustainability percieved as a huge risk)

• Custom development (costly, high-risk)

Solution

• Adopt one of the many open-source no-code platforms such as Joget that make it easier to build a custom computer system

• Add features specifically needed in the Czech environment, such as documentation and connectors to existing government services

• Guarantee maintainership to reduce risk perceived in open-source solutions

Key Metrics

• Cost of implementation

• Speed of adoption for an in-house analyst

• Number of contractors and vendors fully familiar with the platform

Unique Value Proposition

Digitalize your organization faster & cheaper through open-source software

Unfair Advantage

• Strong experience with all aspects needed to lead the change from custom closed-source solution to an open-source platform

• Unique insight into non-profit and government digitalization needs

• Huge existing expert volunteer community

• Neutral player (not a government agency, not a business)

• Trust from government agencies

Channels

We already have a popular tech incubation program receiving dozens of applications from relevant organizations.

Customer Segments

Anyone who needs a computer system to automate business processes:

• Government agencies

• Non-profits

• (for-profit businesses welcome too)

Early Adopters

Smaller non-profits that want a custom computer system but don’t have the budget for custom development

Cost Structure

• Small team of experts to identify the right open-source project, analyze it and prepare tasks for volunteers to continuously move development forward

• Community support by Česko.Digital

Revenue

• Partnerships with leading technology companies

• Software vendors using and supporting the project

Impact

1. Issue – Public institutions’ computer systems are fragmented, created from scratch. They need to be rebuilt from scratch in new public procurements frequently.

2. Participants – NGOs, government institutions and commercial software vendors

3. Activity – We‘ll adopt a globally developed open-source software for no-code business process automation and adapt it for the Czech environment

4. Short-term outcome – We’ll start public debate and pilot the system for various use-cases in smaller NGOs that asked us for help

5. Mid-term outcome – We’ll find a commercial software vendor who will join public procurements with a solution based on our platform

6. Long-term outcome – Several big public institutions will build their information systems on our platform and they’ll update digital processes in-house with their analysts instead of building new systems from scratch in public procurements

7. Impact – We’ll show a strong case study of government institutions working closely in cooperation with the NGO sector to deliver results cheaper and with lower risk of vendor lock-in