The SAT Badge Project

An INDIGO Initiative

A central task for The SINTEF Industry Solution Architect Team (SAT), is to supervise and facilitate proper governance of our in-house code frameworks. Conducting best practices in our GitLab groups and projects is an essential part of software development.

The SAT Badge provides a self-managed and automated overview of SINTEF Industry software frameworks. By enrolling in the SAT Badge program, projects are listed in the overview and earn a badge that reflects their adherence to best practice standards.

Practical Guidelines

Fulfilling the critera given should contribute to well documented and maintainable code accessible to more than just one single developer.

The badge can also provide a guideline on how to apply the available features of gitlab.sintef.no.

Culture Building

The goal is to build a culture of proper governance, collaboration and sharing of code in SINTEF Industry.

Quality Assurance

Code frameworks are an important part of our research infrastructure, similar to physical lab equipment - and should be treated as such.

Maintaining well-structured code frameworks is therefore an important part of the research data management in the institute.

Badge Levels

Participant

The base level for all projects. No criteria beyond registering the project as in "How to obtain a badge."

Bronze

Indicates that a basic level of project structure and tooling have been implemented.

Silver

Indicates an intermediate level of maturity in terms of structure, tools and collaboration processes.

Gold

The project has a high level of maturity with well-established processes, tools and structure. Provides comprehensive documentation and makes use of automation to maintain project quality.

Platinum

The project has an exemplary level of maturity, and demonstrates best practices in all domains under consideration.