Comparing Assessment Methodologies for Free/Open Source Software: OpenBRR and QSOS

Authors:
Jean-Christophe Deprez;Simon Alexandre
Affiliations:
Centre d'Excellence en Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication (CETIC), Charleroi, Belgium;Centre d'Excellence en Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication (CETIC), Charleroi, Belgium
Venue:
PROFES '08 Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement
Year:
2008

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Abstract

Many organizations using Free/Open Source Software (FlOSS) are dealing with the major problem of selecting the most appropriate software product corresponding to their needs. Most of theses companies are currently selecting FlOSS projects using ad-hoc techniques. However, in the last couple of years, two methodologies for assessing FlOSS project have emerge, namely QSOS and OpenBRR. The objective of this work is, through a detailed and rigorous assessment methodology comparison, to allow companies to have a better understanding of these two assessment methodologies content and limitation. This work compares both methodologies on several aspects, among others, their overall approaches, their scoring procedures and their evaluation criteria.