1. Product Assurance on OSS Project to end users and deployment 

2. Speed up interop and expands project credibility 

Examples: 

https://www.opencompute.org/projects/ocp-readytm-facility-recognition-program

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RZYhZRSEaWIdibFVi-2avsQqPRPyZuPQTX0B8AlKtHg/edit?usp=sharing

Some of the certification program of LF Edge projects are following.