WP1 analysed the landscape and concepts related to CloudTeams, and documented the business and technological progress of related domains. It defined how the social factor can transform the development steps for products and services. WP1 worked towards identifying how social interaction between end users and software teams can be performed while protecting personal data. WP1 delivered the concepts and usage scenarios that allow software teams to engage end users and embed this benefit into software development.
WP2 (a) defined an integrated methodology for user-driven, collaborative software development, (b) elicited the technical requirements for a respective platform, (c) developed an integrated architecture for it, (d) specified the APIs for platform components and third-party services, and (e) come up with a user interaction design. With that goal in mind, WP2 delivered user stories including security and privacy protection and it identified third-party services to be connected to the platform. These results were then compiled and refined in cycles to an overall system architecture.
In WP3 the software components of the CloudTeams platform (
https://www.cloudteams.eu(opens in new window)) were developed. The platform provides all the facilities to implement the CloudTeams methodology, starting with the ideation phase and ending with a product’s deployment. Customers can give feedback to developers’ projects in their interest. Developers get support for their team collaboration, project management, and interaction with customers. Gamification and rewarding mechanisms help to attract customers and maximise their engagement. Further, there are ideation tools that help developers to create personas for different market segments, and to develop requirements and business models.
Figure 1: CloudTeams platform
WP4 planed, managed and evaluated the pilot applications. It (a) defined an evaluation framework, (b) prepared and coordinated the pilots, (c) created guidelines for the pilot phase, (d) created and performed the scenarios to collect and evaluate feedback, and to demonstrate the innovations and business value proposition of CloudTeams, (e) worked toward an end user community supporting the pilots. The feedback collected in WP4 was used to continuously improve not only the platform but also the methodology. Diversification of the pilots with multiple business models was the core metric to evaluate the platform.
WP5 disseminated the project results, outlined an innovators’ engagement strategy, and developed a data management and exploitation plan. It realized the project website
https://www.cloudteams.eu/(opens in new window) that is also the entry to the platform. The project was promoted in social media channels, participated in 10 events with an overall audience of more than 22,500 people, published 6 conference papers and 1 whitepaper, organized 2 open workshops, conducted 7 liaison activities, had contacts with 12 startup associations, produced dissemination material (9 videos, newsletters, press releases, factsheet and poster) in only two years. A data management plan reflects the collected research data and how this data is published openly. An exploitation plan outlines the business value proposition, exploitation strategy, marketing activities, and the financial plan.
