[Koha] [Koha-devel] Koha development

[Tomas Cohen Arazi]

Marshall, I don't think we can provide you with that information in that
time frame. We could try, but not sure.

On the other hand, have you seen the project's profile on OpenHub? [1]. It
provides lots of metrics about the projects activity, even developer-wise.
You could take a look and see if it helps. One thing that might be missing
is the mapping <individual> -> <company/institution>. We could help with
that.

[1] https://www.openhub.net/p/koha

On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Marshall Breeding <
marshall.breeding at librarytechnology.org> wrote:

>  To the Koha development community,
>
>
>
> I am in the process of writing a news story about the recent grant from
> EBSCO Information Services to support some major development initiatives
> for Koha.  This seems to be an important opportunity for the Koha community
> to accelerate development that might have otherwise taken longer to
> accomplish.
>
>
>
> As part of the context for this article, and for other reports and
> presentations that I make that include Koha, I would like to be able to
> provide a quantitative measure of the total amount of personnel resources
> contributed globally towards the development of Koha.  I understand that
> several firms dedicate specific amounts of personnel to Koha development
> and that there are dozens of individuals that make commits to the code,
> write documentation, or perform quality assurance.
>
>
>
> I would appreciate it members of this list would help me compile a current
> figure on the number of FTE involved in Koha development.
>
> To end up with a consistent quantifiable measure, the following
> definitions would apply:
>
>   1 FTE (full time equivalent) = 1 person working full time for 1 year.
>
>   Full time = 40 hours per week 50 weeks/year.
>
>
>
> An individual that contributes 20 hours per week on Koha for the whole
> year=
>
>  (20 hours per week * 50 weeks per year) / 2000 hours per year =  .5 FTE
>
>
>
> An individual that contributes 20 hours total for the year:
>
> (20 / 2000) * 100 = 0.01 FTE
>
>
>
> Could each of the support firms or individuals involved in Koha
> development please either post to this list or send to me individually the
> FTE that you or your organization contributes for each of the major
> categories of activity?
>
>
>
> For example:
>
> Company XYZ: 5 FTE development, 1 FTE Documentation, 1.5 FTE Quality
> Assurance.
>
>
>
> Alternatively, the number of hours per year contributed could be given
> instead of FTE and I’ll perform the calculations.
>
>
>
> If there is a better way to quantify the resources devoted to Koha, I
> would be interested in your suggestions.
>
>
>
> I believe that documenting the development resources involved in Koha will
> help those outside the community have a better understanding of Koha’s
> potential to continue to be enhanced to meet the needs of libraries.
>
>
>
> I need to get this article to the publisher (ALA TechSource) in the next
> day or two, it would be great to hear from you soon.
>
>
>
> Thanks very much for your help with this request.
>
>
>
> -marshall
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> Marshall Breeding
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> marshall.breeding at librarytechnology.org
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