Figure 1
Alternative distributions of costs and benefits of policy statements.
Table 1
Distribution of operational statements across policy documents.
| POLICY DOCUMENT | NO. OF OPERATIONAL STATEMENTS |
|---|---|
| The Apache Incubator Cookbook | 51 |
| Guide to Successful Graduation | 49 |
| Podling Project Management Committee guide | 42 |
| Mentors’ guide | 34 |
| Incubation Policy | 28 |
| Guide to Successful Community Building | 26 |
| Release Management guide | 25 |
| Guide to Retirement | 4 |
Table 2
Definitions of focus areas.
| FOCUS AREA | DEFINITION |
|---|---|
| risk mitigation | Policies designed to make projects more sustainable |
| infrastructure | Policies describing technical rules of how to do things |
| release management | Policies describing how to make Apache-compliant code releases |
| project governance | Policies describing how things are done in a project |
| Apache governance | Policies describing how things are done in Apache |
| roles and responsibilities | Policies describing the duties of people occupying certain positions |
| graduation criteria | Requirements to graduate out of the Incubator |
| communication | Policies governing the exchange of information |
| prerequisites | Requirements to occupy a particular position |
| Apache protection | Policies designed to protect Apache from potential issues (legal, etc.) |
Table 3
Coding examples of operational statements.
| INSTITUTIONAL STATEMENT | POLICY DOCUMENT | FOCUS AREA | COST | BENEFIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| “Each podling in incubation must report to the incubator PMC (Project Management Committee).” | Incubator Policy | risk mitigation | project | ASF |
| “A major criterion for graduation is to have developed an open and diverse meritocratic community.” | Graduation Guide | graduation criteria | project | project |
Table 4
Summary of costs and benefits of Apache incubation policies.
| BENEFIT | TOTAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROJECT | ASF | |||
| Cost | project | 101 | 60 | 161 |
| ASF | 59 | 39 | 98 | |
| Total | 160 | 99 | 259 | |
[i] Chi-squared test statistic = 0.075, p-value = 0.78, R = 0.054.
Table 5
Summary of costs and benefits of Release Management guide.
| BENEFIT | TOTAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROJECT | ASF | |||
| Cost | project | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| ASF | 11 | 4 | 15 | |
| Total | 13 | 12 | 25 | |
[i] Boschloo test statistic = 0.015, p-value = 0.01, R = 0.12.
Table 6
Summary of costs and benefits of Guide to Successful Community Building.
| BENEFIT | TOTAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROJECT | ASF | |||
| Cost | project | 26 | 0 | 26 |
| ASF | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 0 | 26 | |
[i] Boschloo test statistic = 1, p-value = 1, R = 0.12.
Table 7
Summary of costs and benefits of Guide to Retirement.
| BENEFIT | TOTAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROJECT | ASF | |||
| Cost | project | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| ASF | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
[i] Boschloo test statistic = 0.33, p-value = 0.11, R = 1.