The aim of this deliverable is twofold: (1) It provides an updated overview of the research challenges of WP-JRA-1.3 (End-to-End Quality Provision & SLA Conformance). (2) It reports on results for run-time quality assurance, quality prediction (to enable proactive adaptation) and automated and proactive negotiation, where first improvements based on the validation results are incorporated. Work related to these principles and techniques, carried out by S-Cube NoE participants and published in books, journals and conference proceedings, is summarized and assessed with respect to the coverage of the research challenges for this workpackage.