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33	33	What research method(s) will you use to answer this question? (200)
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35		-Mixed methodology based on literature and artifact reviews, surveys, environmental studies, and interviews supplemented by historiographical analysis of specific projects and corporate users.
	35	+The research design will employ mixed methodologies including literature and artifact reviews, surveys, environmental studies, and interviews supplemented by historiographical analysis of specific projects and corporate users. The intent is to use iterative triangulation to derive variables that describe “business readiness” to be integrated into a maturity-indexing assessment tool. The tool will be openly reviewed for comment and improvement. The investigation will include:
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37		-* Literature review from expert sources, industry press, etc. to identify business and management expectations considered by leaders and decision-makers, investors, and end-users for assessing infrastructure and supporting organizations that ensure continuous value.
38		-* Content analysis to review industry RFP/RFI’s for software infrastructure as evidence of actual expectations considered by leaders and decision-makers, investors, and end-users for assessing infrastructure and supporting organizations that ensure continuous value.
39		-* Interviews of industry leaders to identify expectations considered when assessing infrastructure and supporting organizations to ensure continuous value.
40		-* Literature review from expert sources, industry press, etc. to identify successful open source projects.
41		-* Literature review from expert sources, industry press, etc. to identify key quantitative metrics that define successful project.
42		-** Observational sampling of open source projects based on quantitative metrics of literature review.
43		-* General survey of open source community members to identify those projects perceived as “successful”.
44		-* General survey of business leaders to identify those projects perceived as “successful”.
45		-* Observational sampling to understand the environment and behaviours of open source software development and community practices.
	37	+* Literature review of expert and popular sources to identify business and management expectations of a range of stakeholders for assessing OSS infrastructure relative to perceived business needs.
	38	+* Content analysis of industry RFP/RFI’s for software infrastructure as evidence of actual expectations considered by decision-makers, investors, and end-users while assessing infrastructure reflecting perceived business needs.
	39	+* Interview industry leaders to identify expectations when assessing infrastructure.
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47		-Interviews of open source maintainers to identify best practices for assuring infrastructure and supporting organizations to can deliver continuous value.
	41	+* Literature review of expert and popular sources to identify successful open source projects and key metrics that define successful projects, leading to observational of open source projects to assess the previously identified quantitative metrics.
	42	+* General surveys of OSS community members and business leaders to identify those projects perceived as “successful”.
	43	+* Observational techniques to understand the environment and behaviors of open source software development and community practices.
	44	+* Interviews with OSS maintainers to identify best practices.
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50	50	== What data or other resources will you use to answer this question? (200) ==