Intrinsic durability
10 / 33
Industrial solutions
4 / 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: 10 / 33, Industrial: 4 / 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 Few references, non critical usages
Contributing community Existing community with a notable activity
Books No book about the software
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 Activity on production and development releases. Frequent minor releases (bug fixes)
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 exists but shifted in time, is restricted to one language or is poorly detailed
Tools Very active use of tools for roles/tasks allocation and progress monitoring

Strategy
Roadmap No published roadmap
Sponsorship Software has an unique sponsor who might determine its strategy
Strategic independence No detectable strategy or strong dependency on one unique actor (person, company, sponsor...)