[maemo-developers] MeeGo Metrics and Reporting

[From: Randall Arnold]

Just in case there weren't enough projects erupting around MeeGo, here's
another.  :D

I think most of us understand that at the root of successful projects
lies good data.  To that notion, Dawn Foster and I have started an effort
to establish metrics definitions and reporting solutions for the MeeGo
community.  As a Data Analyst I am constantly frustrated by how
frequently reporting is an afterthought and would prefer we get this
exploration started now instead of waiting for the need.

maemo.org has a solid history of reporting as exemplified by Stephen
Gadsby's popular bug jars, but for MeeGo we are looking at taking this to
the next level.

Dawn set up a new wiki page at http://wiki.meego.com/Metrics and I have
added content which I will share here:

Metrics to capture:

  * builds

  * performance and error metrics

  * bugzilla reports (Intel has some of this already from Moblin that we
    can re-use).

  * various open source aspects

  * membership / user accounts

  * mailing list subscriptions / participation

  * contributor activity

Points to consider:

  * Reporting solution

  * Report sharing methods

  * Public vs Private data

I'll start things off by proposing we look into reporting solutions that
are highly flexible, scalable and support a variety of typical
report-sharing methods.  I would consider a good benchmark to
be MicroStrategy (http://microstrategy.com/) although it would make sense
to identify good open source alternatives.  MicroStrategy does have a
free version (http://www.microstrategy.com/freereportingsoftware/) that
could be utilized if we don't find that alternative.

I have added Dawn and myself as contributors but feel free to include
yourself on the list if you would like to participate.

Thanks all,

Randall (Randy) Arnold
maemo.org community council
http://tabulacrypticum.wordpress.com/

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