Intrinsic durability
17 / 33
Industrial solutions
7 / 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: 17 / 33, Industrial: 7 / 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 Less than 3 books about the software are available
Developers identification and turnover 4 to 7 developers, or more unidentified developers with important turnover
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 20% maximum

Industrial solutions
Training Rich offers provided by several contractors, in several languages and split into modules of gradual levels
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 always up to date, translated and possibly adapted to different target readers (end user, sysadmin, manager, ?)
Tools

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