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- The objective of this question was to find out what version of OFBiz was being used by the community and therefore give some insights on plans for supported releases
- This question allowed respondents to select only one option
- At the time of the survey 12.04 was the current stable release and these figures show that 37% respondents were using 12.04 or earlier
- It would be interesting to understand why respondents are using these earlier releases - do they have problems with the upgrade path to 13.07 or is it that OFBiz is still performing what they need it to do?
- The high number (63%) of people using 13.07 and the trunk (NOTE: At the time of the survey unstable versions) could be closely related to the fact that the community profile is integrator and consultant rather than end user. The means that these versions are likely used for development and customer specific implementation.
Conclusion
- There is always tends to be a big focus on patches the trunk and latest branches . We but we also need to think about what support is available for earlier releases and have a clear plan as well as communication about when a version reaches its end of life.
- Are the upgrade paths clear?
Question 3: How did you install or implement Apache OFBiz?
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- The objective of this question was to find out how difficult it was for the community to find specific OFBiz documentation.
- This question was a multi-answer one and allowed respondents to respond to each of the individual answer choice statements. (NOTE: This also means that respondents could skip answering a question)
- The majority of respondents (65%) thought that it was easy to find documentation about how to download and install OFBiz but 25% disagreed meaning there is a potential documentation gap that needs to be filled
- The responses for finding documentation about setting up and configuring OFBiz were a lot closer - 36% disagreed that it was easy while 41% thought it was. This high disagreement figure suggest another documentation gap
- I was surprised to see that 45% disagreed that finding documentation about developing or customising OFBiz was easy. As a development framework I would have thought this information was readily available using the current technical guides. This may indicate that the guides need to be looked at again to ensure that they are up to date and relevent
- The biggest negative response (61%) came from whether they thought that finding documentation about what OFBiz does out of the box was easy. This is a significant result and definitely highlights a huge documentation gap
Conclusions
- Some documentation gaps have been uncovered, the biggest being documentation about what OFBiz does out of the box.
- In general the community feel that there is
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- but there is room for improvement.
- Some of these opinions could be caused by the organisation of the data or how it is accessed rather than the documenation itself
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Question 5: How long have you been using Apache OFBiz?
| Answer Choices | Percentage | No. Responses |
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| Less than 12 months | 9% | 7 |
| 1-2 years | 31% | 23 |
| 2-5 years | 19% | 14 |
| Over 5 years | 39% | 29 |
| Not applicable as only evaluating OFBiz | 1% | 1 |
| Total Respondents: 74 |
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Comments
- The objective of this question was to find out how long respondents have been using OFBiz and identify new users
- 40% have been using OFBiz for 2 years or less which means they are relatively new users.
- There are more new users (40%) than mature OFBiz users (39% - Over 5 years)
- Having the mature users still involved with the community gives knowledge transfer and continuity
Conclusions
- New users are still being attracted to OFBiz
- There is a good mature knowledge base of people that have used OFBiz for a long time that are still involved with the community
Question 6: How many Apache OFBiz users do you have?
| Answer Choices | Percentage | No. Responses |
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| 1-2 | 25% | 18 |
| 3-5 | 10% | 7 |
| 5-10 | 18% | 13 |
| 10 or more | 47% | 34 |
| Total Respondents: 72 |
Comments
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Conclusions
Question 7: How often do you use or search for information in the Apache OFBiz Wiki?
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| Answer Choices | Percentage | No. Responses |
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| Never | 3% | 2 |
| Rarely (less than once a month) | 36% | 27 |
| Sometimes (less than once a week) | 35% | 26 |
| Often (once a week or more) | 27% | 20 |
| Total Respondents: 75 |
Comments and Conclusions
Question 8: How often do you search the Mailing Lists for information about how Apache OFBiz works?
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| Answer Choices | Percentage | No. Responses |
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| Never | 3% | 2 |
| Rarely (less than once a month) | 20% | 15 |
| Sometimes (less than once a week) | 31% | 23 |
| Often (once a week or more) | 47% | 35 |
| Total Respondents: 75 |
Comments and Conclusions
Question 9: Evaluate the following statements
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| Answer Choices | Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Neither Disagree nor Agree | Agree | Strongly Agree | Total |
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| I think the Technical Documentation is the highest priority | 3% | 7% | 28% | 33% | 28% | 67 |
| I think the End User Documentation is the highest priority | 3% | 7% | 23% | 25% | 42% | 69 |
| I think both Technical and End User Documentation are important | 4% | 1% | 14% | 38% | 43% | 72 |
Comments and Conclusions
Question 10: Describe your involvement with the Apache OFBiz project and community
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| Answer Choices | Percentage | No. Responses |
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| I am already officially involved | 21% | 16 |
| I would like to get more involved | 28% | 21 |
| I respond to question in the community mailing lists | 8% | 6 |
| I ask questions or read the community mailing lists | 40% | 30 |
| What community ? | 3% | 2 |
| Total Respondents: 75 |
Comments and Conclusions