Metrics have indisputable significance when it comes to Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) projects since it offers a situational awareness of the open source community, thus letting us identify what is working and what needs to be improved or fixed. Let us have a look at the top 5 metrics for your FOSS community to track. Reach us at: achoudhury@suyati.com

1. Top 5 metrics for your
FOSS community to track

2.  Metrics have indisputable significance when it comes
to Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) projects.
 If you are intending to get a multi-faceted view of
your project community, then consider the
following five metrics to track.
Why Consider Metrics

3.  Measures the overall activity your community
 Defining and calculating activity metrics get
complicated as the number of tasks
performed by the community increases.
Activity

4.  Performance metrics can enhance
performance improvement, effectiveness,
efficiency, and supports adequate levels of
internal controls
 In open source community, time to resolve
or close tickets provides insight into how
the project is responding to new data
Performance

5. Size
 The total number of people participating
 People participating in the resolution of
tickets can be counted by viewing the
contributors

6.  Measures the statistical
aspects of the community
population
 Reveals the number of people
the community has in
different experience stages
such as newbies and old-
timers.
Demographics

7.  Diversity can be used to bring strategic
community advantage with proper
quantitative and qualitative
measurements linked with community
objectives.
 Diversity management becomes more
systematic and efficient if it is metrics-
driven.
Diversity

8. Bottom line
 The goals of each community is different and
the metrics should not be based on any
general list of metrics
 Understand the objectives of your community
and identify and employ only those metrics.

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