[Fiware-chapter-architects] VERY IMPORTANT: Inmediate actions and plan for Friendly testing of FIWARE and the FIWARE Lab

[Juanjo Hierro]

Dear all,

  The FIWARE Accelerator projects and the EC have expressed their strong concerns about quality of FIWARE GEs, associated documentation as well as stability of the FIWARE Lab.   It is not just for free, they are receiving continuous complains from some users that are approaching FIWARE for their first time (and, as always, it is the voice of those who rant that is heard).   Of course, the report produced by HLRS (attached for your convenience if your chapter leader didn't share it with you already), despite we know that is not correct in many aspects doesn't help too.

  All this requires immediate and executive action.   This is the plan:

  *   All FIWARE GE owners, under supervision of the corresponding chapter leaders should complete, if not already, all taks that are needed to solve issues raised in the HLRS report:
     *   Fix broken links in entries of the FIWARE Catalogue
     *   Make sure that downloadable software is in the Downloads tab
     *   Make sure that associated documentation (relevant specs as well as manuals/guides and tutorials) are available in the Documentation tab and map the software
     *   For all the FIWARE Cloud GEris, GEris linked to the Business Framework, the Security Monitoring GEri and the OFNIC GEi, add the following note in the Overview:
        *   IMPORTANT NOTE: This GE reference implementation product is only of interest to potential FIWARE instance providers and therefore has been used to build the basic FIWARE platform core infrastructure of the FIWARE Lab.   If you are an application developer, you don't need to create a complete FIWARE instance locally in order to start building applications based on FIWARE.   You may rely on instances of FIWARE GEris linked to the Data/Media Context Management chapter, the IoT Services Enablement chapter, the Advanced Web-based User Interface chapter or some GEris of the Applications/Services Ecosystem and Delivery Framework chapter (WireCloud) as well as the Security chapter (Access Control).   Those instances are either global instances or instances you can create on the FIWARE Lab but can also be instance you can create by means of downloading, installing and configuring the corresponding software in your own premises.
     *   Make sure that available videos and webinars are up to date.

  *   An urgent Task Force will be created recruiting "friendly testers" that will carry out a general testing of both the FIWARE Lab as well as those FIWARE GEris that it makes sense to download and deploy locally.
     *   This Task Force will last until end of the year.    Organizations providing friendly testers will be funded under the FI-WARE project (which is the project that cover the first phase of FIWARE and FIWARE Lab development and where there is still some funding pending of reallocation)
     *   We have activated the University of Las Palmas whose entire team plus two additional engineers will be devoted to this task until things get reasonably estabilized.   We will devote 10.000 EUR of funding from the FI-WARE project for this purpose.
     *   Telefónica will transfer part of its funding to Bitergia under FI-Core to recruit three resources that will be fully devoted to this task until the end of the year.  Partners who also volunteer to transfer part of their funding in FI-WARE or FI-Core to other organizations that may also devoted to this task are welcome.
     *   Friendly testing will be coordinated by Telefónica
     *   If someone knows about a reliable organization we can involve in this task force and can perform a good job as friendly testers please let us know so that we can evaluate the proposal and assign the necessary funding under the FI-WARE umbrella.   Please note that incorporating them should be rather agile, i.e., they can be easily incorporated as partners through an amendment to the contract.   Also note that this would be funding of a RTD activity, so not 100% funded.   Partners that are owners of FIWARE GEris are excluded.  Subcontracting is an option you can propose, but then you have to explain who will address covering the part that is not covered by the funding.
     *   FIWARE GEri owners should pay attention to solve issues reported through the channels that have recently been established (check previous email on the matter) and assign those maximum priority, which may impact planning of the Sprint under way.   Such impact will be measured at the end of each Sprint so that user stories or work items which couldn't be covered as initially planned are planned in the next Sprint.   We will come with more details on the process very soon.

  *   A task for continuous "Friendly Testing" will be defined in FI-Core to be performed by a partner to be selected by agreement of FIWARE chapter leaders.   500-600 KEUR of funding will be deducted from the funding assigned to activities linked to development of Live demos, development of FIWARE GEris as well as development of FIWARE Ops tools.   This was a measure that we initially intend to put under voting in the consortium but the EC has asked to take inmediate executive action and it hast remind us that this measure could be considered as part of the measures required to be implemented as part of the negotiations that were still not closed despite the contract was signed.    Nevertheless, it is clear that this activity is needed and will only make the life of all of us easier.   This task will be either under overall Technical Coordination WP in FI-Core or under coordination of FIWARE Lab activities.

  A message describing the new approach looking for more agility regarding software updates (including updates of accompanying documentation as well as info provided in the Catalogue) will follow but that one will be sent to the whole FIWARE (FI-Core) partners.   Please stay tuned.

  Your collaboration is crucial.  Please don't scrimp on resources to be assigned to solve identified issues.

  Additional constructive proposals are welcome.

  Best regards,


-- Juanjo
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