Intrinsic durability
11 / 33
Industrial solutions
4 / 15
Strategy
1 / 9
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Sheet: Possible label: Silver
Stats: Mandatory 9 / 9,  Recommended 13 / 17,  Free 34 / 48


Assenssment: Possible label: Silver
Stats: Durability: 11 / 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 None
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 20% maximum

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 Standard tools provided (for instance by a hosting forge) but poorly used

Strategy
Roadmap No published roadmap
Sponsorship Software has no sponsor, the core team is not paid
Strategic independence Strategic vision shared with several other projects but without strong commitment from copyrights owners