scholarly journals A Comparison Framework for Open Source Software Evaluation Methods

2010 ◽  
pp. 389-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaas-Jan Stol ◽  
Muhammad Ali Babar
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Evaluation Methods ◽  
Software Evaluation

FOSSES: Framework for open‐source software evaluation and selection

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 780-812 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adewole Adewumi ◽  
Sanjay Misra ◽  
Nicholas Omoregbe ◽  
Luis Fernandez Sanz
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Software Evaluation

Open Source Software Evaluation

2009 ◽  
pp. 52-65
Author(s):  
Karin van den Berg
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Software Package ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Software Evaluation ◽  
Intended Purpose ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Right ◽  
Insight Into

If a person or corporation decides to use open source software for a certain purpose, nowadays the choice in software is large and still growing. In order to choose the right software package for the intended purpose, one will need to have insight and evaluate the software package choices. This chapter provides an insight into open source software and its development to those who wish to evaluate it. Using existing literature on open source software evaluation, a list of nine evaluation criteria is derived including community, security, license, and documentation. In the second section, these criteria and their relevance for open source software evaluation are explained. Finally, the future of open source software evaluation is discussed.

Open Source Software Evaluation

2011 ◽  
pp. 197-210
Author(s):  
Karin van den Berg
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Software Package ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Software Evaluation ◽  
Intended Purpose ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Right ◽  
Insight Into

If a person or corporation decides to use open source software for a certain purpose, nowadays the choice in software is large and still growing. In order to choose the right software package for the intended purpose, one will need to have insight and evaluate the software package choices. This chapter provides an insight into open source software and its development to those who wish to evaluate it. Using existing literature on open source software evaluation, a list of nine evaluation criteria is derived including community, security, license, and documentation. In the second section, these criteria and their relevance for open source software evaluation are explained. Finally, the future of open source software evaluation is discussed.

An Open Source Software Evaluation Model

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel P. Confino ◽  
Phillip A. Laplante
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Software Projects ◽  
Software Evaluation ◽  
Defense Research ◽  
Industrial Strength

The allure of free, industrial-strength software has many enterprises rethinking their open source strategies. However, selecting an appropriate open source software for a given problem or set of requirements is very challenging. The challenges include a lack of generally accepted evaluation criteria and a multitude of eligible open source software projects. The contribution of this work is a set of criteria and a methodology for assessing candidate open source software for fitness of purpose. To test this evaluation model, several important open source projects were examined. The results of this model were compared against the published results of an evaluation performed by the Defense Research and Development Canada agency. The proposed evaluation model relies on publicly accessible data, is easy to perform, and can be incorporated into any open source strategy.

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