Intrinsic durability
10 / 33
Industrial solutions
10 / 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: Silver
Stats: Durability: 10 / 33, Industrial: 10 / 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) Detectable use on Internet (sourceforge, freshmeat, google…)
References Often implemented for critical applications
Contributing community Existing community with a notable activity
Books Less than 3 books about the software are available
Developers identification and 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 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 Very active use of tools for roles/tasks allocation and progress monitoring

Strategy
Roadmap No published 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