Free Software Case Studies/Questions

General questions likely to be of interest in any case study:


 * 1) Context
 * 2) *Historical &amp; organisational context
 * 3) ** About the organisation
 * 4) ** Objectives, needs, requirements
 * 5) *Technological context
 * 6) Rationale for free software adoption/migration
 * 7) *Policy
 * 8) *Pragmatics
 * 9) *Customisability
 * 10) *Licensing costs
 * 11) * Best solution available
 * 12) ** What alternatives were considered?
 * 13) Implementation
 * 14) *Requirements
 * 15) *Planning
 * 16) *Implementation strategy
 * 17) *How did it go?
 * 18) **Technical
 * 19) **Change Management
 * 20) **User Acceptance
 * 21) **Training
 * 22) **Progress Reports
 * 23) **Evaluation Measures and Impact
 * 24) **What worked, what didn't and how was (or may) the process be improved?
 * 25) ***What would you do differently?
 * 26) * Current status?
 * 27) *Future prospects?
 * 28) Dissemination and Transferability
 * 29) *Which aspects of this case could be applied elsewhere?
 * 30) *Similar experiences