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Answer ChoicesStrongly Disagree DisagreeNeither Disagree nor AgreeAgreeStrongly AgreeTotal
The community expects Committers to fix any reported problems immediately8%50%13%29%0%24
Being a Committer is difficult because you can only work on OFBiz in your spare time4%21%33%38%4%24
Committers are sometimes unsure of which areas to focus on0%13%42%38%8%24
Committers are only expected to be active on a project for a fixed time then they leave and move onto something else17%46%20%17%0%24
It would improve things if newer Committers were mentored by a more experienced one0%0%37%46%17%24
       

 

Comments :

  • The objective of this question was to give the Committers a range of statements and ask for their views on them
  • Five responses were allowed (one for each statement)
  • Based on the responses a weighted average was calculated

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  • The objective of this question was to find out what each Committer thought was the most important out of the selections
  • 6 responses were allowed (one for each ranking)
  • The question was a ranking one, where the most important was ranked as '1' and the least at '6'
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NOTE: Jacques highlighted that an answer choice was missing  - that of the project historic 'technical debt' that needs to be addressed.

 

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  • Weighting Calculation = Total Weighting / Total
    • A weight of 6 was put on anything ranked 1
    • A weight of 5 was put on anything ranked 2
    • A weight of 4 was put on anything ranked 3
    • A weight of 3 was put on anything ranked 4
    • A weight of 2 was put on anything ranked 5
    • A weight of 1 was put on anything ranked 6

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NOTE: Jacques highlighted that an answer choice was missing  - that of the project historic 'technical debt' that needs to be addressed.

 

Conclusions:

Although Improving quality by tidying up the existing codebase was ranked first the most, it shared first position with Better documentation because of the averaging calculation. Better documentation was ranked second the most.

It's interesting to see that having a more structured workplan is in second position because in a question 7 Committers  responded that having a define workplan would not make them more active. The response here seems to indicate that the visibility wanted may not be individual but at a project level so that people have a clearer view of what is happening and how it is all linked together.

 Conclusions:

Question 10: Would you be willing to participate in future OFBiz Committer surveys?

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