Intrinsic durability
14 / 33
Industrial solutions
6 / 15
Strategy
1 / 9
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Sheet: Possible label: Silver
Stats: Mandatory 9 / 9,  Recommended 14 / 17,  Free 9 / 48


Assenssment: Possible label: Silver
Stats: Durability: 14 / 33, Industrial: 6 / 15, Strategy: 1 / 9

Intrinsic durability
Age More than 3 years
Stability Stabilized production release existing but old. Difficulties to stabilize development releases
History, known problems No known major problem or crisis
Popularity (at its scale) Detectable use on Internet (sourceforge, freshmeat, google…)
References
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 >7 developers, clearly identified, very stable team
Activity on bugs Detectable activity but without process clearly exposed, long reaction/resolution time
Activity on releases Important activity with frequent minor releases (bugs fixes) and planned major releases relating to the roadmap forecast
Independence of developments 60% maximum

Industrial solutions
Training Offer exists but is restricted geographically and to one language or is provided by a single contractor
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 No bug or feature request management tool

Strategy
Roadmap Existing roadmap without planning
Sponsorship
Strategic independence No detectable strategy or strong dependency on one unique actor (person, company, sponsor...)