The Purpose of the OSMM

The purpose of the OSMM is very straightforward: to make a quick assessment of the maturity level of a given open source product. As organizations begin to use more open source products, they will face situations in which there might be several products that fulfill a particular requirement. How can they choose the best candidate? By using the OSMM, the products can be quickly ranked according to their OSMM scores.

The OSMM is designed to make quick assessments of open source product maturity.

The OSMM is designed to enable one or two people to spend no more than three to five days developing an overall maturity score for a product—in other words, a small team can “desk check” a product to see if it is mature enough to ...

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