Reliable Requirements Engineering Practices for COVID-19 Using Blockchain

Basit Shahzad, Iqra Javed, Asadullah Shaikh, Adel Sulaiman, Ahsanullah Abro and Muhammad Ali Memon
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Basit Shahzad: Department of Software Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, NUML, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
Iqra Javed: Software Engineering and Social Computing Research Group (SESCRG), Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
Asadullah Shaikh: College of Computer Science and Information Systems, Najran University, Najran 61441, Saudi Arabia
Adel Sulaiman: College of Computer Science and Information Systems, Najran University, Najran 61441, Saudi Arabia
Ahsanullah Abro: Department of Computer Science, Sukkur IBA University, Sukkur 79165, Pakistan
Muhammad Ali Memon: Department of Information Technology University of Sindh, Jamshoro 76090, Pakistan

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 12, 1-25

Abstract: Improvement in the requirements for engineering practices is needed in areas such as requirement elicitation, validation, prioritization, and negotiations between stakeholders to create successful projects for COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) software. Many algorithms and techniques are used to create quality software projects, but they still need more improvement to work effectively for global pandemic COVID-19 software. By improving the reliability of requirement engineering practices using blockchain-based technology, the software will be reliable and will make it easier for the users working in a lockdown situation because of COVID-19. Therefore, our purpose is to identify the factors for reliable software engineering practices using blockchain-oriented technology for COVID-19 software. A systematic literature review is conducted to identify challenges and offer solutions. Through using blockchain-based technology for requirement engineering practices, the requirements will be gathered accurately and validated, and the conflicts between stakeholders will also be solved. It will improve the quality and reliability of COVID-19 software projects, which will help society work effectively from home. Improvement in the quality and reliability of COVID-19 software will improve users’ interest, and their working capacity will be increased.

Keywords: blockchain; COVID-19 software; reliability; requirement engineering (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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