[Koha] [Koha-devel] Koha development

[Paul A]

Marshall,

Another "numbers source" that might be helpful to you is 
<http://git.koha-community.org/stats/koha-master/index.html>

Best regards -- Paul

At 11:48 AM 2/12/2015 -0300, Tomas Cohen Arazi wrote:
>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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Marshall Breeding
> >
> > marshall.breeding at librarytechnology.org
> >
> > www.librarytechnology.org/
> >
> > twitter.com/mbreeding
> >
> > http://www.linkedin.com/in/breeding
> >
> > http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NnvfJ5cAAAAJ
> >
> >
> >
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> >
>
>
>
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