Intrinsic durability
15 / 33
Industrial solutions
6 / 15
Strategy
3 / 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: 6 / 15, Strategy: 3 / 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) Numerous users, numerous references
References Few references, non critical usages
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 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 Offer exists but is provided by a single contractor without strong commitment quality of services
Consulting Offer exists but is restricted geographically and to one language or is provided by a single contractor
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
Sponsorship Software is sponsored by industry
Strategic independence Strategic vision shared with several other projects but without strong commitment from copyrights owners