[Fiware-testbed] 10.5.1 report on validation process - current status for our concall

[Sandfuchs, Thorsten]

Dear colleagues,

For the ongoing concall I send you the reference and needed background information.



Best,

                                   /Thorsten



Expert out of the 4th review report (written by the reviewers):



D10.5.1 Report on Validation Process including Validation with Use Case projects

This deliverable outlines the designed and recommended validation process for the use cases to follow. Additionally the initial feedback survey, which was initiate and send to the use

case projects and the main findings are outlined.

The validation process described in the document is generally well thought and detailed; however,

it has been devised without sufficient consideration of the FI-WARE project and FI-WARE Releases.



The validation approach is also considered insufficient,

in view of what is envisaged in the DoW in supporting Use Case projects on

deployment, execution and validation of the conceptual prototypes in respect of the available GEs.



According to the deliverable, the design phase of FI-WARE incorporates requirements that have been successfully communicated from the Use Cases Projects to the FI-WARE chapters. As the

link between Use Case requirements and

the actual content of the individual chapters is not readily traceable, this has a significant impact on the validation, and the extent to which the Agile best practices have been embraced.



As explained in the document, there is no tight linkage between the defined requirements and the features provided by the GE providers.

Hence, the validation and requirements evaluation will not be based on a requirements matrix, but will follow an open questionnaire approach.  The available questionnaire is presently basic,

and is a long way off from providing the validation required to enrich

the characterisation of Use Case scenarios (as a contribution towards Phase 2 trials) and generally boost GE uptake.



Additionally, how testing and evaluation would be conducted in relation to the non-functional capabilities that are listed for the first releases in the Technical Roadmap is yet to be described.





WPL meeting suggestions (2013-03-19 - https://docs.google.com/document/d/15UOA2B7ot6FmNDXT1CmU5j_n9KiLl0BMksiymyhuGUQ/edit?pli=1#heading=h.ljewxe7eq5s4 ):



Our observations should rely on the fact that the validation process was agreed at the AB level, which is defined as the top technical governance body.  Therefore, decisions at that level overrule whatever is in the DoW.   We may revisit the validation process with the new projects, and therefore constituency of the AB, but amendments of the process will only apply to second version of this deliverable, matching FI-WARE Release 2.







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Thorsten Sandfuchs



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