Interesting list of project success factors over at the hibernate site.

I'll summarize the points here so that I (we?) can make a mental picture:

rapid release schedule
regression tests
do one thing well
avoid over-design
a central vision
documentation
avoid standardsism
up and running in ten minutes or less!
developer responsiveness
easily update-able wiki pages.....

All this resonates loudly here. Next job is to minimize the gap between theory and practice (not talking about Hibernate, they're doing fine I think).

Via Gregor.