Application form for starting/continuing a SIG

What is/will be the name of the SIG?

Software Sustainability SIG (S^3)

Which two persons will act as SIG Leads?

Mateusz Kuzak
Carlos Martinez-Ortiz

What is SIG’s mission?

Sharing knowledge about best practices regarding research software development, e.g. in relation (but not limited) to:

code quality
version control
software engineering
testing
continuous integration
software citation
FAIR software
Act as a signpost for questions regarding sustainability of research software

What is the GitHub repository of the SIG use?

https://github.com/nlesc-sigs/software-sustainability

What is the Office group that the SIG uses?

softwaresustainability@esciencecenter.nl

SIG outcomes in the period April 2020 - October 2020 (for existing SIGs)

Wrote a proposal "Software sustainability in the new structure of the eScience Center" as an input for restructuring teams.
Coordinated contributions to the Turing Way
Organised Guide / Turing Way sprints
Reviewed practices around Code Review
Initialised the development of Agile Lesson by Agile SIG
Developed Reusability Checklist

Plans for the period until the end of April 2021

Organise Reusabilathon: Organize sprint in which we evaluate selected eScience Center Software based on reusability checklist.
Organize internal training: organize internal workshops to promote good practices (following the guide).
Guide sprints organise sprints to work on the eScience center guide and further integrate it with The Turing Way.

What are the expected outputs of the SIG?

meeting notes
reusability evaluation of software
contributions to the Guide and the Turing Way