Intrinsic durability
15 / 33
Industrial solutions
4 / 15
Strategy
4 / 9
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Sheet: Possible label: Silver
Stats: Mandatory 9 / 9,  Recommended 0 / 17,  Free 4 / 48


Assenssment: Possible label: Silver
Stats: Durability: 15 / 33, Industrial: 4 / 15, Strategy: 4 / 9

Intrinsic durability
Age More than 3 years
Stability Stabilized production release existing but old. Difficulties to stabilize development releases
History, known problems No known major problem or crisis
Popularity (at its scale) Detectable use on Internet (sourceforge, freshmeat, google…)
References Often implemented for critical applications
Contributing community Strong community: big activity on forums, numerous contributors and advocates
Books
Developers identification and turnover 4 to 7 developers, or more unidentified developers with important turnover
Activity on bugs Strong reactivity based on roles and tasks management
Activity on releases Important activity with frequent minor releases (bugs fixes) and planned major releases relating to the roadmap forecast
Independence of developments 60% maximum

Industrial solutions
Training Offer exists but is restricted geographically and to one language or is provided by a single contractor
Support
Consulting No offer of consulting service
Documentation Documentation always up to date, translated and possibly adapted to different target readers (end user, sysadmin, manager, ?)
Tools Standard tools provided (for instance by a hosting forge) but poorly used

Strategy
Roadmap Existing roadmap without planning
Sponsorship Software is sponsored by industry
Strategic independence Strategic vision shared with several other projects but without strong commitment from copyrights owners