Intrinsic durability
11 / 33
Industrial solutions
4 / 15
Strategy
0 / 9
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Sheet: Possible label: Silver
Stats: Mandatory 9 / 9,  Recommended 0 / 17,  Free 4 / 48


Assenssment: Possible label: None
Stats: Durability: 11 / 33, Industrial: 4 / 15, Strategy: 0 / 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 No community or without real activity (forum, mailing lists…)
Books No book about the software
Developers identification and turnover >7 developers, clearly identified, very stable team
Activity on bugs
Activity on releases Very weak activity on both production and development releases
Independence of developments Developments realized at 100% by employees of a single company

Industrial solutions
Training No offer of training identified
Support Offer exists but is provided by a single contractor without strong commitment quality of services
Consulting Consulting services provided by different contractors in several languages
Documentation Documentation exists but shifted in time, is restricted to one language or is poorly detailed
Tools No bug or feature request management tool

Strategy
Roadmap No published roadmap
Sponsorship Software has no sponsor, the core team is not paid
Strategic independence No detectable strategy or strong dependency on one unique actor (person, company, sponsor...)