Intrinsic durability
9 / 33
Industrial solutions
6 / 15
Strategy
0 / 9
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Sheet: Possible label: Silver
Stats: Mandatory 9 / 9,  Recommended 12 / 17,  Free 4 / 48


Assenssment: Possible label: None
Stats: Durability: 9 / 33, Industrial: 6 / 15, Strategy: 0 / 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 Often implemented for critical applications
Contributing community No community or without real activity (forum, mailing lists…)
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 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 exists but shifted in time, is restricted to one language or is poorly detailed
Tools No bug or feature request management tool

Strategy
Roadmap No published roadmap
Sponsorship Software has no sponsor, the core team is not paid
Strategic independence