Software development is a complex endeavor that encompasses application and implementation layers with functional (refers to
what is done) and non-functional (how is done) aspects. The efforts to
scale agile software development practices are not wholly able to address
issues such as integrity, which is a crucial non-functional aspect of the
software development process. However, if we consider most software failures are Byzantine failures (i.e., where components may fail and there is
imperfect information on which a component has failed.) that might impair the operation but do not completely disable the production line. In
this paper, we assume software practitioners who cause defects as Byzantine participants and claim that most software failures can be mitigated
by viewing software development as the Byzantine Generals Problem.
Consequently, we propose a test-driven incentive mechanism based on
a blockchain concept to orchestrate the software development process
where production is controlled by a similar infrastructure based on the
working principles of blockchain. We discuss the model that integrates
blockchain with the software development process, and provide some recommendations for future work to address the issues while orchestrating
software production
Metadata
Item Type:
Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Event Type:
Conference
Refereed:
Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:
Software Production; Blockchain; Software Development Integrity; Test-driven Software Development.
Walker, Alastair, O'Connor, Rory and Messnarz, Richard, (eds.)
Proceedings of the 26th European and Asian Conference on Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement (EuroSPI 2019). Communications in Computer and Information Science
1060.
Springer. ISBN 978-3-030-28004-8