[Fiware-creatifi-coaching] FIWARE assessment

[Leandro Guillen]

Hi all,

I want to share what we have been doing in the IMPACT accelerator since 
I believe it matches really good what we have been discussing today in 
the coaches call. Hopefully this is useful.

For the FIWARE evaluation they ask the following (all are mandatory):

     - Explain the usage of your technology and how FIWARE is used 
within it.
         - Max 2000 characters
     - Provide an architecture graph. It must show clearly how FIWARE 
enablers are used in conjunction with other technology assets.
     - Which of the IMPACT favored GEs are you planning to use?
         - A list is presented with GEs that are considered more core to 
the FIWARE experience. Here the FIWARE expert does the valuation of the 
GEs selected.

Then, depending on the answers, the points are awarded like so:

     - 0 points
         - No FIWARE commitment or applicability shown.
         - Maybe there is no architecture graph or no selection of GEs.
         - This is given to projects that only want the cloud to run 
their apps, or they don't state that plan to use FIWARE.
     - 3 points
         - FIWARE usage is poorly explained.
         - Architecture does not show their _written_ plan to use FIWARE.
         - Only plan to use identity management or storage of FIWARE.
     - 4 points
         - FIWARE usage is fair, although there could be some improvement.
         - Solid selection of FIWARE GEs, there may be others to consider.
         - Obvious misconception of a FIWARE technology that can be 
easily fixed (e.g. using CEP where Orion makes more sense).
     - 5 points
         - FIWARE usage addresses all relevant aspects.
         - Architecture makes sense.
         - Good selection of GEs for a given problem.

In the case of IMPACT, since they have around 20 projects to evaluate so 
we are able to do one on one interviews (skype) with them where they 
present what they've been doing and how the implementation is going. We 
assess this by (in max 15 minutes for everything):

     - Have them do a presentation on the results.
     - Show a demo of the project and maybe some code as well.
     - Short Q&A.

This helps to have a great vision on how they are doing first-hand. This 
took a couple of days.

So as a result of all this there is a spreadsheet where each startup 
states what GEs they will use (strong commitment, unless all hell breaks 
lose). I must say that IMPACT has come a long way in how the evaluate 
FIWARE, and it feels that it is working really good now.

Regards,
Leandro