TY - JOUR T1 - Method for Qualification and Selection of Open Source Software JF - Open Source Business Resource Y1 - 2008 A1 - Raphaël Semeteys AB - For a company, the choice to opt for software as a component of its information system, whether this software is open source or commercial, rests on the analysis of needs and constraints and on the adequacy of the software to address these needs and constraints. However, when one plans to study the adequacy of open source software (OSS), it is necessary to have a method of qualification and selection adapted to the characteristics of this type of software and to precisely examine the constraints and risks specific to OSS. Since the open source field has a very broad scope, it is also necessary to use a qualification method that differentiates between numerous candidates to meet technical, functional and strategic requirements. This document describes the QSOS (Qualification and Selection of software Open Source) method, conceived by the technology services company Atos Origin SA to qualify, select and compare OSS in an objective, traceable and argued way. The method can be integrated within a more general process of technological watch which is not presented here. It describes a process to set up identity cards and evaluation sheets for OSS. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa UR - http://timreview.ca/article/146 IS - May 2008 U1 - Atos Origin Raphaël Semeteys is in charge of consulting activities for Atos Origin?s French Open Source Skill Center. He produces and manages feasibility studies and technological watch reports on open source and free software. He created the QSOS method and is leader of the associated free project of community technological watch which documents, equips and organizes the collaborative evaluation work. ER -