What is the potential of user clubs in open-source software development?

Find out how user clubs can help open-source publishers integrate users with business logic in the software development process. User involvement in open-source projects is often limited to contributors who can code. These clubs contribute to the elicitation of needs. They also enable business users to collectively negotiate the content and financing of the roadmap. This approach will be illustrated by the examples of IdealX and Coop It Easy. So what’s the advantage of these user clubs for an open-source software publisher, compared with communities or traditional relational approaches? We will attempt to answer this question using a cost-based approach (mainly transaction costs and ownership costs).