Intrinsic durability
8 / 33
Industrial solutions
3 / 15
Strategy
1 / 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: 8 / 33, Industrial: 3 / 15, Strategy: 1 / 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) Detectable use on Internet (sourceforge, freshmeat, google…)
References None
Contributing community No community or without real activity (forum, mailing lists…)
Books Less than 3 books about the software are available
Developers identification and turnover Less than 3 developers, not clearly identified
Activity on bugs Detectable activity but without process clearly exposed, long reaction/resolution time
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 No offer of consulting service
Documentation Documentation always up to date, translated and possibly adapted to different target readers (end user, sysadmin, manager, ?)
Tools No bug or feature request management tool

Strategy
Roadmap Existing roadmap without planning
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...)