The OW2 Market Readiness Levels (MRL) methodology has been inspired by previous research and benefited from friendly contributions.
The followong works were crucial in helping develop the methodology:
* On the RFC vocabulary: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2119
* On comparable evaluation methodologies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software_assessment_methodologies
* On maturity models: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maturity_model
* On the NASA TRL: http://www.spacewx.com/Docs/ISO_FDIS_16290_(E)_review.pdf
* On TRL in a business context: https://serkanbolat.com/2014/11/03/technology-readiness-level-trl-math-for-innovative-smes/
* On composite indicators: http://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/bitstream/JRC31435/EUR%2022155%20EN.pdf (see appendix A)
The work on MRL was partially suported by two collaborative projects funded by the European Commission:
* RISCOSS: https://riscoss.ow2.org/
* CROSSMINER:https://www.crossminer.org/
Friendly contributions wher provided by Stefano Zacchiroli and Vincent Massol who kindly reviewed the checklist of 50 best practices comprised in the first stage form to be completed by project leaders.
