D5.5: ESDW guidelines and programme V

This deliverables outlines E-CAM’s Extended Software DevelopmentWorkshop (ESDW) programme for 2020/2021. In addition, it provides the most recent guidelines for the organisation of these events, including:

1. the scope of training at ESDW events
2. the structure of ESDWs;
3. the timeline for the organization of an ESDW;
4. the capture of lectures at ESDWs;
5. the role of the E-CAM online training infrastructure;
6. the role of E-CAM programmers at ESDW events;
7. the concept of a module in E-CAM and its acceptance criteria.

The present document is an updated version of deliverable D5.4 [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2586966] submitted in March 2019, on the guidelines for content, structure and output for our ESDWs. These guidelines are intended to be a living document which evolves to reflect experience gained in running the ESDWs and thus they are subject to further revision based on the outcomes of each year’s activities, with the present document being the fifth, and last iteration. This updated version of the guidelines, valid from April 2020 to March 2021, will help to ensure that the workshops run consistently across the scientific Work Packages (WPs) and meet the quality standards for E-CAM software. 

In addition to refining the guidelines for our ESDWs, this deliverable also analyses the profile of the participants to our ESDWs and the results of our satisfaction surveys. Specifically, we will report on the analysis of 

• the participants profile (country of origin, gender, qualification)
• the satisfaction surveys
• training needs highlighted by the participants of our ESDWs.

When appropriate, output from these surveys has been used to refine the reported guidelines.