OSE Specifications Metric Score

The questionnaire below can be used to determine whether a product meets the OSE specifications. There are 44 questions, so the maximum score is 44.

Economic Significance

 * Is it relevant for meeting the material needs of humans?

Distributive Economics

 * Does the economic model distribute economic power?

Transformative Nature of Enterprise

 * Does it promote community and global resilience?

Systems Design

 * Does it consider the complete human and natural ecosystem?

Ecology

 * Is it good for the environment?

Development Process

 * Is participation in the process entirely voluntary?
 * Can anyone join or leave the development group at any time?
 * Does the collaborative development process utilize the input of diverse stakeholders?
 * Are the steps and results of the development process documented?

Simplicity of design

 * Is it low Cost?
 * Does it have Long Life?
 * Is it modular?
 * Is it designed for disassembly?

Design for scalability

 * Can it be scaled up?
 * Can it be scaled down?
 * Is it easily scalable?

Materials

 * Are materials used in production local?
 * Is raw material production local?

Production

 * Is product production local?
 * Is the machinery used in production process open source?
 * Is the machinery used in production process locally fabricated?

Economic Feasibility and Replicability

 * Is there minimal overhead requirements for production?
 * Is there minimal waste?
 * Are R&D costs shared by a number of stakeholders?
 * Does documentation exist to facilitate replication?
 * Are production facilities funded by a stakeholder community?

Product Evolution

 * Is there continual product development?
 * Is there a user community?

Fabrication Facilities

 * Do flexible fabrication facilities exist for producing the given prduct?
 * Is there a way in which an interested individual can participate in a sweat equity, learn-as-you-go production run?

Open Business Model

 * Is there a Business Plan?
 * Are enabling technical details available in the business plan?

Open Documentation

 * Is content Open Source?
 * Is content readily accessible (downloadable)?
 * Are there design drawings?

Designs

 * Are design drawings CAD?
 * Are fabrication procedures detailed?
 * Is economic analysis available?
 * Is ergonomic analysis available?

Bill of Materials (BOM)

 * Is there a parts list?
 * Is Sourcing of parts listed?
 * Are prices of parts listed?

Startup Assistance

 * Is producer training available?
 * Is capitalization assistance available? This may be selling products made in a production run, or ability of trainee to build required equipment at an OSE training seed facility.