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Introduction

This survey has been was designed to collect information and feedback from all Apache OFBiz Committers.It was sent out to all Committers, including non active and emeritus (a total of 38). The information gathered will be used to help understand if there are any areas where help and support is needed, and also to give Committers an opportunity to highlight any points they see as important that may not have yet come up for discussion on the mailing lists.

Survey Details:

• It was conducted over the period 19th - 25th May 2016. Details of the survey was posted on the mailing lists.
• A total of 24 responses were recorded and the details are recorded below.

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• 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.
• Keeping up to date with trends and technology is in third position. This seems to indicate that as the project progresses, the respondents think that we need to be aware of what is happening technologically and incorporate what we can to keep OFBiz up to date.
• Separating the framework into a distinct product is in fourth position. The community has previously discussed this option and it's interesting to see that some respondents think that it could be a good improvement for the project. With the current effort in re-factoring the framework, this idea could become more and more popular.
• Having more committers ranked Committers is in the lowest . This seems to indicate that respondents thought that put

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• position. This is an interesting result because normally if there is a problem of workload, the simple answer is to allocate more people to work on it which seems to indicate that the main improvements that respondents see are to do with how we are working (what our focus is and how we plan and manage doing what we do) rather than the amount of work that needs to be done.

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

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• Normally this type of question gives only 2 options (Yes / No). I added the additional option to give more choice, especially if a non active or emeritus committersCommitters
• The majority of Committers are happy to participate in future surveys.

Final Comments

• Please note that participation in this survey was completely voluntary. None of our Committers were under any obligation to respond to the survey. I'm happy that a majority of them did and that we were able to capture this valuable information.