D 1.6 (March 2008)

This document describes the work done and the results obtained in task 1.6 (Validation of Calibration and User Manual). With the goal of evaluating the appropriateness of the definition of the QualOSS model from the F/OSS evaluators' viewpoint, we designed and conducted several interviews with partners of the QualOSS consortium and with practitioners who are not part of the QualOSS project. Based on the results, we identified quality characteristics to refine and a list of possible scenarios for planning and scoping the case studies of Workpackage 5. Additionally, a new project has been evaluated using the QualOSS model first released in deliverable D1.5 developed during the previous stages of the project. The purpose of this later subtask was to show that the QualOSS model can successfully be applied to different domains from those considered in Deliverable D1.5. Furthermore, based on the available projects and the extracted metrics obtained during task 1.5, recommendations are discussed and analysed in order to help structure and organize the received raw metrics data files into convenient databases being well suited to carry out later deeper analysis using statistical tools on the one hand, and more advanced data-mining methods on the other hand.

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