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https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-20868| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Toward a technical debt conceptualization for serverless computing |
| Authors: | Lenarduzzi, Valentina Daly, Jeremy Martini, Antonio Panichella, Sebastiano Tamburri, Damian Andrew |
| et. al: | No |
| DOI: | 10.1109/MS.2020.3030786 10.21256/zhaw-20868 |
| Published in: | IEEE Software |
| Volume(Issue): | 38 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Page(s): | 40 |
| Pages to: | 47 |
| Issue Date: | 2020 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | IEEE |
| ISSN: | 0740-7459 1937-4194 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Technical Debt; Serverless Computing |
| Subject (DDC): | 004: Computer science |
| Abstract: | Serverless computing aims at reducing processing and operational units to single event-driven functions for service orchestration and choreography. With its micro-granular architectural characteristics, serverless computing is bound to face considerable architectural issues and challenges in the medium- and long-term; are these bound to become Technical Debt? As known to many, technical debt is a metaphor that reflects the additional long-run project costs connected to immediately-expedient but unsavvy technical decisions. However, what does technical debt mean and how is it expressed in serverless computing and other hybrid compute models? This article represents the first attempt to conceptualize Technical Debt in such a context; we base our arguments over a technical overview of serverless computing concepts and practices and elaborate on them via empirical inquiry. Our results suggest that higher serviceability of serverless technologies is also characterized by the absence of mechanisms to support an adequate maintainability, testability, and monitoring of serverless systems. Indeed, in case of unexpected behaviours, testing and maintenance activities are more complex and more expensive, as mainly based on non-automated, manual tasks. |
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| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/20868 |
| Fulltext version: | Accepted version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
| Departement: | School of Engineering |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Computer Science (InIT) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Engineering |
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Lenarduzzi, V., Daly, J., Martini, A., Panichella, S., & Tamburri, D. A. (2020). Toward a technical debt conceptualization for serverless computing. IEEE Software, 38(1), 40–47. https://doi.org/10.1109/MS.2020.3030786
Lenarduzzi, V. et al. (2020) ‘Toward a technical debt conceptualization for serverless computing’, IEEE Software, 38(1), pp. 40–47. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1109/MS.2020.3030786.
V. Lenarduzzi, J. Daly, A. Martini, S. Panichella, and D. A. Tamburri, “Toward a technical debt conceptualization for serverless computing,” IEEE Software, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 40–47, 2020, doi: 10.1109/MS.2020.3030786.
LENARDUZZI, Valentina, Jeremy DALY, Antonio MARTINI, Sebastiano PANICHELLA und Damian Andrew TAMBURRI, 2020. Toward a technical debt conceptualization for serverless computing. IEEE Software. 2020. Bd. 38, Nr. 1, S. 40–47. DOI 10.1109/MS.2020.3030786
Lenarduzzi, Valentina, Jeremy Daly, Antonio Martini, Sebastiano Panichella, and Damian Andrew Tamburri. 2020. “Toward a Technical Debt Conceptualization for Serverless Computing.” IEEE Software 38 (1): 40–47. https://doi.org/10.1109/MS.2020.3030786.
Lenarduzzi, Valentina, et al. “Toward a Technical Debt Conceptualization for Serverless Computing.” IEEE Software, vol. 38, no. 1, 2020, pp. 40–47, https://doi.org/10.1109/MS.2020.3030786.
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