SWOT
For further reference check the following: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWOT_analysis
Community Parameters
This document should be faced as an "internal audit" to Fedora Project. Here we are going to perform a self assessment of Fedora Project Strength's. All the elements present should comply with the following:
- The elements presented have to be controlled by Fedora Project;
- The elements have to qualify in one of this categories:
- Men (manpower);
- Means;
- Methods;
- Measurables;
- Machines (from the scope of manufacture, developing, not the hardware requirements etc).
- The elements presented should focus on the following:
- Quality and Management
- Performance / Performance Improvements
- Technology
This guidelines are important because the information present will be processed accordingly following a model to perform our SWOT Analysis. This might become a very important management tool that Marketing has to offer and the benefits for Fedora Project are obvious as such analysis will allow us to have a very important insight about Fedora.
The "Strength's" that we are pointing are key points of Fedora Project that highlight us as a community and our product, the Fedora Linux distribution. This factors might be part of Fedora's positioning or just plain technology that we offer. Everything that is recognized as a Strength for Fedora should be posted here bellow by community members.
Strength's
| Strength | Submitter | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Documentation | Nelson Marques | Marketing Team | Fedora provides a wide set of Documentation in several formats and languages. |
| Channels of Distribution | Nelson Marques | Marketing Team | Our product is freely distributable through several channels, physical media, direct downloads, P2P networks. Everyone can virtually get easily our product. |
| Spins | Nelson Marques | Marketing Team | Availability of several SPINS oriented to segmented audiences. |
| SELinux | Nelson Marques | Marketing Team | SELinux technology (edit highlight it's relevance, strategical competitive advantage). |