Intrinsic durability
14 / 33
Industrial solutions
8 / 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: Gold
Stats: Durability: 14 / 33, Industrial: 8 / 15, Strategy: 4 / 9

Intrinsic durability
Age More than 3 years
Stability Stabilized software. Releases provide mainly new functionalities, even if bug fixes are also provided
History, known problems No known major problem or crisis
Popularity (at its scale) Numerous users, numerous references
References Often implemented for critical applications
Contributing community Strong community: big activity on forums, numerous contributors and advocates
Books More than 3 books about the software are available, in several languages
Developers identification and turnover 4 to 7 developers, or more unidentified developers with important turnover
Activity on bugs
Activity on releases
Independence of developments Developments realized at 100% by employees of a single company

Industrial solutions
Training Rich offers provided by several contractors, in several languages and split into modules of gradual levels
Support Multiple service providers with strong commitment (e.g: guaranteed resolution time)
Consulting Offer exists but is restricted geographically and to one language or is provided by a single contractor
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
Sponsorship Software is sponsored by industry
Strategic independence Strong independence of the core team, legal entity holding rights, strong involvement in the standardization process