Practical information

• Location

  Conference Center Albert Borschette (CCAB)
  Rue Froissart 36
  1040 Brussels, Belgium

• Date

  19 April - 21 April 2023

• Registration

  Closed

• Target groups

  All Member States teams relevant for implementing the Once-Only Technical System (to be coordinated with the National Coordinator).

• Fees

  No fees are charged to participate to the actual Projectathon event itself.

• Accommodation

  Any hotel reservation is the responsibility of the participants. Member State reimbursement is possible but limited up to one public and one private sector expert per Member State.

Description

The April 2023 Projectathon will be based on the OOTS TDDs (Technical Design Documents) version Q4 2022. For this event, an overview of a mix of test cases has been prepared, in sync with those specifications and tailored to the development status of the Member States. It consists of the following elements:

• 5 Evidence Exchange scenarios without preview,
• 5 Evidence Exchange scenarios with preview,
• 2 Maintenance flow scenarios (Common Service updates).

A high-level overview and summary of test cases is available to the Testing and deployment sub-group (restricted to relevant users on the wiki). The full test cases detailed will be visible in Gazelle (restricted to users that registered as participants to the Projectathon).

The tests will start with static and pre-agreed data. This is to be discussed in and shared through the relevant subgroup (Testing and deployment) and/or collaborative space on Teams.

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Projectathon agenda

• Day 1

  • 08:00 - 09:30

    Welcome coffee & registration
  • 09:30 - 09:50

    Welcome to the OOTS Projectaton (keynote speech) - day 1
    Veronica Gaffey, Director-General “Informatics” (DG DIGIT)
  • 09:50 - 10:10

    Introduction to the OOTS Projectathon
  • 10:10 - 12:00

    Technical set-up
  • 12:00 - 13:00

    Lunch
  • 13:00 - 15:00

    Peer-to-peer testing - Part 1
  • 15:00 - 15:30

    Coffee break
  • 15:00 - 17:00

    Peer-to-peer testing - Part 2
  • 17:00 - 17:20

    Wrap-up of the day + intro to next day
  • 17:20 - 17:30

    Closing of day 1
  • 17:30 - 19:00

    Cocktail
  • 19:30 - 22:00

    Informal dinner

• Day 2

• Day 3

Projectathon timeline

• 13 December 2022

  Information

  Attend the Projectathon Deep-Dive session during the OOTS Implementers Cafe on 13 December 2022.

  Signal your intention to participate to the April 2023 Projectathon as Members States (can be with multiple teams)

  Implementers cafe #2 “eDelivery & OOTS Projectathon Process” 13/12/2022
  Implementers cafe #3 “eID & OOTS Projectathon Registration” 31/01/2023

• 7 February-3 March 2023

  Registration

  Register for the event via the EU survey and provide your consent to the Projectathon personal data privacy statement.

  Register your organisation, system under test (SUT), SUT organisator(s) and features to be tested in Gazelle.

  Implementers cafe #4 “OOTS preview area & OOTS Projectathon Preparation” 21/02/2023

• 15 March-14 April 2023

  Pre-projectathon test

  Perform Preparatory Test to get your system, test data and yourself ready before Projectathon.

• 03 March-14 April 2023

  Pre-projectathon test

  Perform Connectivity Test to ensure network connection of SUTs are well configured before Projectathon.

  Projectathon Kick-off session with all participants
  Hybrid event on 14 March together with GCG meeting
  Q&A session for Participants before the Projectahon 12/04/2023

• 19 April-21 April 2023

  Projectathon

  Game on! Connect and perform Peer-to-Peer marathon test!

• 5 May 2023

  Post Projectathon

  Publication of Test Reports, lessons learned and best practices

  Implementers cafe #5 “Common Services Admin App & Projectathon debrief (April event) and Preparation (June event)” 05/05/2023