Using Knowledge Exchange Workshops to analyze the DLR Software Engineering Community

Software development plays an increasing role in research. Therefore the German Aerospace Center (DLR) early started different activities to support researchers. A good understanding of the DLR software engineering community is the basis to improve these activities. For initial insights, we analyzed the participation of the annual knowledge exchange workshops. The results indicate that the community consists of a growing core group and that new participants regularly join in each workshop. The main workshop topic seems to play an important role for the attendance behavior.