I think if government accepts/adopts the premise that its software products should be open source when possible, then its can adopt the success metrics that other open source projects adopt: primarily how many commits, forks and follows on Github? How many other government agencies are sharing the code? How big, healthy and vibrant is the community using these software components.
Focusing on product and its success metrics are critical -- no doubt. But we can also look at the success metrics of the technical components of that product using existing/proven practices from the open source universe.
Another great post. Thanks.
I think if government accepts/adopts the premise that its software products should be open source when possible, then its can adopt the success metrics that other open source projects adopt: primarily how many commits, forks and follows on Github? How many other government agencies are sharing the code? How big, healthy and vibrant is the community using these software components.
Focusing on product and its success metrics are critical -- no doubt. But we can also look at the success metrics of the technical components of that product using existing/proven practices from the open source universe.