Metrics

This directory contains the metrics used to measure InnerSource success. Each metric is defined using the Goal-Question-Metric (GQM) approach and provides specific ways to measure different aspects of InnerSource adoption and effectiveness.

Available Metrics

1. Code Contributions

   • Measures non-owner commits to a project

   • Tracks contribution diversity across people, business units, and time

   • Unit: Ordinal number

2. Contribution Distance

   • Measures organizational distance between owning team and contributing team

   • Indicates collaboration effectiveness and project impact

   • Unit: Manager levels

3. Number of InnerSource Repositories

   • Tracks adoption of InnerSource practices across repositories

   • Identifies repositories with InnerSource characteristics

   • Unit: Number of repositories

4. Usage Count

   • Measures how many times an InnerSource project is used

   • Tracks usage patterns across business units and time

   • Unit: Ordinal number

Templates

• GQM Metric Template - Template for creating new metrics using the GQM approach

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