Crowdsourcing in Software Engineering: Models, Motivations, and Challenges

Almost surreptitiously, crowdsourcing has entered software engineering practice. In-house development, contracting, and outsourcing still dominate, but many development projects use crowdsourcing-for example, to squash bugs, test software, or gather alternative UI designs. Although the overall impac...

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Published in:IEEE software 2016-01, Vol.33 (1), p.74-80
Main Authors: LaToza, Thomas D., van der Hoek, Andre
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Companies
Computer programs
Contraction
Crowdsourcing
Excitation
microtasking
open innovation
Outsourcing
peer production
Production facilities
programming teams
Software
Software develoment
Software development
software development competitions
Software engineering
software management
staffing
Studies
Systems development
Testing
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Summary:Almost surreptitiously, crowdsourcing has entered software engineering practice. In-house development, contracting, and outsourcing still dominate, but many development projects use crowdsourcing-for example, to squash bugs, test software, or gather alternative UI designs. Although the overall impact has been mundane so far, crowdsourcing could lead to fundamental, disruptive changes in how software is developed. Various crowdsourcing models have been applied to software development. Such changes offer exciting opportunities, but several challenges must be met for crowdsourcing software development to reach its potential.
ISSN:0740-7459
1937-4194
DOI:10.1109/MS.2016.12