Intrinsic durability
12 / 33
Industrial solutions
5 / 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: 12 / 33, Industrial: 5 / 15, Strategy: 4 / 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 No book about the software
Developers identification and turnover 4 to 7 developers, or more unidentified developers with important turnover
Activity on bugs Strong reactivity based on roles and tasks management
Activity on releases Activity on production and development releases. Frequent minor releases (bug fixes)
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 Multiple service providers with strong commitment (e.g: guaranteed resolution time)
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 No bug or feature request management tool

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