To probe further
This is an still disorganized list of random links. It will evolve hopefully in an organized list of useful resources.
Evaluation of community growth
- Brackets Health Report
- Polarsys Maturity Model
- Apache Maturity Model
- Open Business Readiness Rating (OpenBRR): website
- Comparing OpenBRR, QSOS, and OMM Assessment Models
- Modèle de maturité OSS, Smals Recehrche. Evolution of OpenBRR.
- Qualipso Open Source Maturity Model (OMM). Entry in Wikipedia, details in Qualipso-related website
Open-source software assessment methodologies, article in Wikipedia.
Software evaluation (mainly functional, but not only):
Software Evaluation Guide, Criteria-based Software Evaluation and Tutorial-based Software Evaluation, by the Software Sustainability Institute.
- Quantitative Methods for Software Selection and Evaluation, by Michael S. Bandor, September 2006