Continuous deployment of software intensive products and services : a systematic mapping study |
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Author: | Rodríguez, Pilar1; Haghighatkhah, Alireza1; Lwakatare, Lucy Ellen1; |
Organizations: |
1Department of Information Processing Sciences, 90014 University of Oulu, Box 3000, Finland 2VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, P.O. Box 1100, FI-90571 Oulu, Finland 3Keele University, UK |
Format: | article |
Version: | accepted version |
Access: | open |
Online Access: | PDF Full Text (PDF, 0.5 MB) |
Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe201902185288 |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Elsevier,
2017
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Publish Date: | 2018-01-06 |
Description: |
AbstractThe software intensive industry is moving towards the adoption of a value-driven and adaptive real-time business paradigm. The traditional view of software as an item that evolves through releases every few months is being replaced by the continuous evolution of software functionality. This study aims to classify and analyse the literature related to continuous deployment in the software domain in order to scope the phenomenon, provide an overview of the state-of-the-art, investigate the scientific evidence in the reported results and identify areas suitable for further research. We conducted a systematic mapping study and classified the continuous deployment literature. The benefits and challenges related to continuous deployment were also analysed. RESULTS: The systematic mapping study includes 50 primary studies published between 2001 and 2014. An in-depth analysis of the primary studies revealed ten recurrent themes that characterize continuous deployment and provide researchers with directions for future work. In addition, a set of benefits and challenges of which practitioners may take advantage were identified. CONCLUSION: Overall, although the topic area is very promising, it is still in its infancy, thus offering a plethora of new opportunities for both researchers and software intensive companies. see all
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Series: |
Journal of systems and software |
ISSN: | 0164-1212 |
ISSN-E: | 1873-1228 |
ISSN-L: | 0164-1212 |
Volume: | 123 |
Pages: | 263 - 291 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jss.2015.12.015 |
OADOI: | https://oadoi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2015.12.015 |
Type of Publication: |
A1 Journal article – refereed |
Field of Science: |
113 Computer and information sciences |
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Funding: |
This research has been carried out within the Digile Need for Speed program, and it has been partially funded by Tekes (the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation). |
Copyright information: |
© 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |