Design requirements to improve adoption of continuous development services

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dc.contributor.authorRae, Trevor
dc.contributor.supervisorDamian, Daniela
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-22T02:27:18Z
dc.date.available2020-05-22T02:27:18Z
dc.date.copyright2020en_US
dc.date.issued2020-05-21
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Computer Science
dc.degree.levelMaster of Science M.Sc.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe adoption of Continuous Development presents many challenges to users and organizations. The complexity of Continuous Development adoption is partially attributable to the diversity of the challenges faced, including technical challenges, cultural challenges, compliance regulations, and lack of understanding. In this thesis, I worked with industry partner IBM to improve their Continuous Delivery Pipeline offering to overcome adoption challenges faced by their users. Following Hevner’s Three Cycle Design Science Methodology, my research had two distinct stages: Characterizing Continuous Development Adoption Challenges and Creating Design Requirements to Aid Organizations Offering Continuous Development Services. Both stages necessitated involvement from both academic literature and industry collaboration with IBM. Industry collaboration included interviews, surveys, developer forum analysis, and collaboration with IBM’s “Continuous Delivery” teams. The design requirements I developed in this thesis addressed cultural, technical, compliance, and knowledge gap adoption challenges that were identified during the problem characterization stage. When tested within the Continuous Development community, feedback indicated that my design requirements would add value to users’ development process, enabling their Continuous Development adoption. This thesis provides a foundation of empirical research for future study and a set of guidelines for industry practitioners.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/11761
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectContinuous Developmenten_US
dc.subjectContinuous Integrationen_US
dc.subjectContinuous Deliveryen_US
dc.subjectAgileen_US
dc.titleDesign requirements to improve adoption of continuous development servicesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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