OWASP Project Health Dashboard

### **OWASP Project Health Dashboard Development Plan**

The **Project Health Dashboard** will provide internal visibility into the health and status of OWASP projects, including both new and older projects, with a focus on monitoring key health metrics and automated evaluations. This tool will help identify projects that require attention, such as those with low activity, leadership issues, or non-compliance, and will not be publicly available.

#### **1. Define Health Metrics and Indicators**
- **Goal:** Define key metrics and indicators to assess the health of a project.
- **Tasks:**
- Identify key health metrics (e.g., number of contributors, open vs. closed issues, release frequency, etc.).
- Develop project health indicators, such as:
- **Releases**: Number of releases, stability, frequency.
- **Integration with OWASP.org**: Regular updates to OWASP site with project content.
- **Project age**: Age of the project, with considerations for mature projects.
- **Last release**: Last commit, commit hash, and the stars received.
- **Activity metrics**: Number of stars, forks, issues, pull requests, issues needing help.
- **Compliance checks**: Ensuring projects adhere to OWASP funding policies.
- Metrics for **Project Vitality**: Track growth over time in terms of contributors, issues, PRs, and activity.

#### **2. Identify and Flag Projects with Health Issues**
- **Goal:** Automatically identify projects with potential health issues.
- **Tasks:**
- Flag **old projects** with no recent releases or updates.
- Identify **new projects that failed to launch** based on lack of activity (e.g., no commits or releases in a set period).
- Highlight projects with **fewer than two leaders** or contributors.
- Track projects with **non-compliant funding policies**.
- Perform automated checks to evaluate if a project’s **health metrics** fall below set thresholds.

#### **3. Create Project Health Evaluation Criteria**
- **Goal:** Develop a system to evaluate the health of projects based on their activity and compliance.
- **Tasks:**
- Establish health thresholds for various metrics:
- Number of releases within a defined timeframe.
- Integration level with OWASP.org (ensure the project has up-to-date content and documentation).
- Frequency and stability of releases (e.g., multiple releases in the last year).
- Number of open issues versus closed issues, and the turnaround time for pull requests.
- Contributor growth and activity trends.
- Track **project age** to differentiate between young and mature projects.
- Flag projects with **issues needing help** or long unaddressed open issues.

#### **4. Dashboard Layout & Design**
- **Goal:** Design a user-friendly dashboard to visualize project health data.
- **Tasks:**
- Design the overall layout, ensuring that health metrics are easy to read and understand.
- Include sections for:
- **General health overview** for each project (status, issues, PRs, releases).
- **Vitality scores**: Graphical representations of health (e.g., pie charts, line charts for activity trends).
- **Compliance checks** (funding policy, leadership).
- **Last updates and releases** for each project.
- Make sure the dashboard allows internal users to filter by:
- Projects with critical health issues.
- Projects based on their release frequency or issue metrics.
- Provide clear indicators and visual alerts for projects that need attention.

#### **5. CSV Export Functionality**
- **Goal:** Enable export of project health data for offline analysis or reporting.
- **Tasks:**
- Implement functionality to **export health data** in CSV format for each project or multiple projects.
- Ensure that CSV export includes essential information such as:
- Project metadata (name, description, leadership).
- Health metrics (release frequency, issues, PRs, contributors, etc.).
- Compliance status (e.g., funding policy).
- Ensure CSV is structured clearly, with headers matching the dashboard columns.

#### **6. Implement Automated Health Monitoring Scenarios**
- **Goal:** Set up automated monitoring and evaluation of project health.
- **Tasks:**
- Implement automated scripts that run on a periodic basis (e.g., weekly) to check project health.
- Automate the process of:
- Evaluating release frequency and stability.
- Checking integration with OWASP.org.
- Tracking contributions and pull request turnaround time.
- Evaluating compliance with OWASP funding policies.
- Automatically flag projects based on defined health thresholds.
- Send notifications to project maintainers or relevant stakeholders when a project’s health score drops below a threshold.

#### **7. Health Report Generation**
- **Goal:** Generate regular health reports to be shared with internal stakeholders.
- **Tasks:**
- Automatically generate **health reports** for each project, summarizing its status over time.
- Create monthly or quarterly reports showcasing the overall health of OWASP projects, highlighting those in need of attention.
- Allow internal users to subscribe to receive health reports for projects they follow or manage.

#### **8. Continuous Improvement & User Feedback**
- **Goal:** Continuously improve the Project Health Dashboard based on internal feedback.
- **Tasks:**
- Collect feedback from internal users on the dashboard’s effectiveness and clarity.
- Regularly review and update the health evaluation metrics based on changes to OWASP’s needs.
- Add new health indicators as needed (e.g., community engagement, issue resolution time, etc.).
- Implement a feedback system where internal users can suggest new features or improvements.

#### **9. Final Testing & Deployment**
- **Goal:** Ensure that the Project Health Dashboard works reliably across various scenarios and environments.
- **Tasks:**
- Conduct functional testing for automated checks, ensuring metrics are calculated accurately.
- Test the CSV export functionality to ensure data integrity.
- Validate the visualizations and dashboard layout for clarity and usability.
- Deploy the dashboard for internal use on OWASP Nest and promote it among internal stakeholders.