[Fiware-chapter-leaders] [Fiware-wg-leaders] [Fiware-chapter-architects] URGENT: FIWARE coordination confcall - response to technical assessment by HLRS on FIWARE GEris in the Catalogue

Philipp Slusallek philipp.slusallek at dfki.de
Tue Sep 30 05:43:47 CEST 2014


Done,

	Philipp

Am 29.09.2014 um 18:57 schrieb MIGUEL CARRILLO PACHECO:
> Dear all, dear Philipp,
> 
> We have received several reports by email. Please follow the procedure
> agreed in the call: put it at the end of the minutes of meeting in the
> section of your chapter. We are simply unable to process so many
> messages and we ask this for something.
> 
> I see that Philipp has correctly added this to the minutes of meeting
> but it will be much more readable/useable if he integrates it in the
> document instead. Can you please do so?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Miguel
> 
> 
> 
> 
> El 29/09/2014 15:28, Philipp Slusallek escribió:
> 
> Hi Juanjo, all,
> 
> The analysis has been done rather shallow. All issues are mainly small
> issues. Some more detailed comments in general and on each of the GEs in
> the document below.
> 
> Here is the analysis document for the WebUI chapter:
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/15PVyt79c7gTmKIskg00opdhXXFdf1tYRBiF9fmSTMyg/edit
> 
> 
> 
> Best,
> 
>        Philipp
> 
> 
> Am 29.09.2014 um 02:03 schrieb Juanjo Hierro:
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Starting today and as agreed during our Munich meeting, we will have a
> weekly coordination confcall involving FIWARE Chapter/WG leaders on
> Mondays from 14:30 until 16:00.
> 
> In today's confcall, there is a hot topic to address that has to do
> with the response to a new technical assessment report produced by HLRS
> by request of the EC.   Please find it attached to this mail.
> 
> As you will see, the assessment cannot be more negative, mostly
> considering the crucial point at which we are.   Almost no FIWARE GEri
> has passed the tests for the local installation of the software using
> available installation and admin guides.
> 
> Please try to arrive with an analysis of the status of GEris in your
> chapter.
> 
> Besides the implementation of immediate remediate action that can only
> be taken by each owner of FIWARE GEris, we would like to propose an
> overall 3% of cut on the budget/funding of partners to fund the
> subcontracting for aprox. 600 KEUR of some organization(s) that can handle
> the testing of manuals and tutorials linked to each GEri.   Based on the
> experience from the previous phase (FI-WARE project) and the recent
> assessment nows look evident that we cannot continue like this, trusting
> on the internal QA procedures of partners as we had done in the past.
> 
> Due to the inherent technical nature of the matter, FIWARE Architecture
> Chapter Leaders are also requested to join.
> 
> Other topics will be covered if there is time during the allocated
> slot, from 14:30 to 16:00.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> -- Juanjo
> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:        FIWARE: Rubio report - IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED
> Date:   Sat, 27 Sep 2014 08:42:16 +0000
> From:  
> <Arian.ZWEGERS at ec.europa.eu><mailto:Arian.ZWEGERS at ec.europa.eu><mailto:Arian.ZWEGERS at ec.europa.eu><mailto:Arian.ZWEGERS at ec.europa.eu>
> 
> To:
> <juanjose.hierro at telefonica.com><mailto:juanjose.hierro at telefonica.com><mailto:juanjose.hierro at telefonica.com><mailto:juanjose.hierro at telefonica.com>,
> 
> <stefano.depanfilis at eng.it><mailto:stefano.depanfilis at eng.it><mailto:stefano.depanfilis at eng.it><mailto:stefano.depanfilis at eng.it>
> 
> CC:    
> <nuria.delama at atos.net><mailto:nuria.delama at atos.net><mailto:nuria.delama at atos.net><mailto:nuria.delama at atos.net>,
> 
> <Jesus.Villasante at ec.europa.eu><mailto:Jesus.Villasante at ec.europa.eu><mailto:Jesus.Villasante at ec.europa.eu><mailto:Jesus.Villasante at ec.europa.eu>,
> 
> <Peter.Fatelnig at ec.europa.eu><mailto:Peter.Fatelnig at ec.europa.eu><mailto:Peter.Fatelnig at ec.europa.eu><mailto:Peter.Fatelnig at ec.europa.eu>,
> 
> <Ragnar.Bergstrom at ec.europa.eu><mailto:Ragnar.Bergstrom at ec.europa.eu><mailto:Ragnar.Bergstrom at ec.europa.eu><mailto:Ragnar.Bergstrom at ec.europa.eu>,
> 
> <Maria-Concepcion.ANTON-GARCIA at ec.europa.eu><mailto:Maria-Concepcion.ANTON-GARCIA at ec.europa.eu><mailto:Maria-Concepcion.ANTON-GARCIA at ec.europa.eu><mailto:Maria-Concepcion.ANTON-GARCIA at ec.europa.eu>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> (with apologies for the long email. Please read all)
> 
> 
> Dear Juanjo, Stefano,
> 
> We have received the FI-WARE Generic Enabler Assessment report by Daniel
> Rubio (attached). The report presents an assessment of the ease of
> getting started, i.e. downloading and installing the GEs or using
> FI-Lab, rather than an assessment of the actual functionality of the
> GEs. In other words, it assesses the FI-WARE GE implementations from a
> third party point of view; any phase 3 subgrantee could and would have
> similar experiences.
> 
> Just like the previous report by Lutz Schubert one year ago and the
> Engineering report from April 2014, the Rubio report highlights several
> issues that question the readiness of FI-WARE GEis for take-up in the
> FI-PPP phase 3. A summary of the main Rubio findings is as follows:
> 
> 
> *         Documentation
> 
> o   The documentation is often not updated or refers to GEi versions
> that are no longer available.
> 
> o   The documentation fails, in most cases, in explaining how to install
> the dependencies and libraries or other software the GEi needs to work
> correctly.
> 
> o   There are big differences in documentation. Installation guides
> follow different writing styles and enter into different levels of detail.
> 
> *         Installation
> 
> o   In many cases the download section or the download links in the
> installation documentation are broken so the software cannot be
> downloaded. In other cases, no stable version is offered and there is
> only the possibility to download a source code snapshot from the
> development repository.
> 
> o   No common installation approach is given. Some GEis come with a
> clean automatic installation procedure while others have a tedious long
> manual installation which is almost impossible to revert and that might
> break other software on the system.
> 
> o   Of those GEis that use scripts for installation, the scripts are
> often only working on very specific system configurations and are not
> able to automatically install the dependencies.
> 
> o   Many of the GEis require a very specific system to work, and are not
> able to install or run if it is slightly changed. Sometimes the required
> system is old and no longer supported with security updates.
> 
> *         FI-Lab
> 
> o   Documentation is poor and needs an introduction presenting the aim
> and purpose of the platform, so that newcomers can clearly understand
> for what purpose they can use FI-Lab and what they can expect.
> 
> o   Several open source example applications must be included. They must
> be very well documented and the documentation needs to explain how to
> make these applications. Newcomers should be able to use these
> applications and compile them. These applications should be coded and
> documented by other people than the developers of the Generic Enablers.
> 
> o   A FI-Lab forum must be created with a wide community of users where
> everybody developing with FI-Lab can join and resolve problems, share
> experiences, improve applications, etc. People would be more inclined to
> use the forum than (for instance) the helpdesk if a large, responsive
> and knowledgeable community is active.
> 
> o   For each section, it should be possible for newcomers to understand
> their aim and capabilities via a "quick start guide" or tutorial
> followed by a set of references for the user to continue learning how to
> use the platform. Most of the information is not organized and is
> difficult to find.
> 
> o   There is a need for more tutorials that build on each other to teach
> the users to build complex applications from scratch.
> 
> o   The documentation (and videos) should be maintained accordingly with
> the platform updates. Changes in the functionality or the user interface
> of the platform should be reflected in the documentation.
> 
> Third parties are looking at FIWARE right now. They will encounter the
> same issues as Daniel Rubio. They will leave and never come back.
> 
> Urgent action is necessary now.
> 
> Therefore, the following is necessary:
> 
> 
> *   Documentation: hire external professional documentation writers for
> making user-friendly installation (and user) guides. Such professionals
> must be present in the consortium's partners, but the people involved in
> the project will not have the authority to include them, certainly not
> on short notice. Therefore, subcontracting is the only option.
>    *   Documentation writers must be closely working with the
> developers to guarantee that the latest GEi versions are used.
>    *   For easy uptake the documentation needs to be complete and fully
> comprehensive; it should be clear, give a uniform level of detail within
> the same GEi and across all GEis, not skipping installation steps and
> making sure that it is updated accordingly to the software versions
> available for download.
> *   Installation: hire external professional testers for testing the
> dependencies, libraries or other software the GEis need to work. They
> should work with the developers (who implicitly know dependencies),
> test/develop installation scripts, and support the documentation writers
>    *   Installations must be automated to a maximum degree, using the
> Operating System repositories for resolving dependencies, when possible,
> or giving extensions to repositories including in them all the necessary
> extra dependencies as this would lead to clean, fast and easy
> installations. The installation mechanisms, as well as the
> documentation, should be tested in clean environments to be able to
> correctly determine if the installation packages or scripts work
> correctly and resolve the installation of dependencies.
>    *   The GEis must be able to be integrated into existing frameworks,
> making them integrate as smoothly as possible and they must be
> configurable for a wide range of existing system setups. Users should
> not be forced to use a specific software platform, in particular when
> that platform is already obsolete and unsupported.
>    *   Fix the download section or the broken download links in the
> installation documentation.
>    *   Offer a stable version for download, not a source code snapshot
> from the development repository.
> *   Create a FIWARE forum with a community of users of FIWARE where
> everybody developing and using FIWARE technologies can join and resolve
> problems, share GEis installation and configuration experiences, etc.
> The forum would also allow FI-WARE developers to identify where users
> have problems and take actions to solve them. This is part of FI-Core
> activities.
> *   FI-Lab
>    *   The same as for documentation above applies to FI-Lab, and is
> especially relevant related to "quick start guides", tutorials, training
> guidance. The documentation (and videos) should be maintained
> accordingly with the platform updates. Changes in the functionality or
> the user interface of the platform should be reflected in the
> documentation.
>    *   Create several open source example applications. People will not
> start from scratch but will modify an example. These examples must be
> very well documented and the documentation needs to explain how to make
> these applications. Newcomers should be able to use these applications
> and compile them.
>    *   A FI-Lab forum must be created with a wide community of users
> where everybody developing with FI-Lab can join and resolve problems,
> share experiences, improve applications, etc.
> *   Clean the Catalogue from GEis that require unsupported Operating
> Systems or port these GEis to newer OS versions.
> 
> 
> Maximum priority to solve the above problems must be given now, whatever
> resources are needed. In no other time in the life of the project have
> we been confronted with a higher need for immediate action. The
> credibility of FIWARE and the success of the whole FI-PPP phase 3 are at
> risk. Today more than 150 proposals are being submitted to the
> accelerators; they should not face the problems stated in the Rubio report.
> 
> These issues must be solved with maximum urgency.
> 
> We like to discuss this with you on Tuesday Sept 30, in the morning.
> Please let me know your availability. If necessary, please clear your
> agenda.
> 
> Best regards,
> Arian
> 
> 
> 
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