Intrinsic durability
16 / 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: Gold
Stats: Durability: 16 / 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) Numerous users, numerous references
References Often implemented for critical applications
Contributing community Strong community: big activity on forums, numerous contributors and advocates
Books More than 3 books about the software are available, in several languages
Developers identification and turnover
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 60% maximum

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 Versioned roadmap, with planning and measure of delays
Sponsorship Software has an unique sponsor who might determine its strategy
Strategic independence Strategic vision shared with several other projects but without strong commitment from copyrights owners