Explanation
The consultant should advise that projects use CumulusCI for continuous integration and deployment, which is a tool that automates the development and release process of Salesforce applications. Projects are not required to have at least one Salesforce staff person on the project team, although they may have some Salesforce employees as contributors or advisors. Projects do not have to be compatible with the Education Data Architecture (EDA), although some projects may use EDA as a foundation or extension. References:
https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/open-source-commons/open-source-projects
https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/cumulusci-basics