Intrinsic durability
15 / 33
Industrial solutions
4 / 15
Strategy
1 / 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: 15 / 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 Less than 3 books about the software are available
Developers identification and turnover >7 developers, clearly identified, very stable team
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 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 an unique sponsor who might determine its strategy
Strategic independence No detectable strategy or strong dependency on one unique actor (person, company, sponsor...)