Continuous integration and delivery practices for cyber-physical systems : an interview-based study

Zampetti, Fiorella; Tamburri, Damian A.; Panichella, Sebastiano; Panichella, Annibale; Canfora, Gerardo; Penta, Massimiliano Di

doi:10.1145/3571854

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dc.contributor.author	Zampetti, Fiorella	-
dc.contributor.author	Tamburri, Damian A.	-
dc.contributor.author	Panichella, Sebastiano	-
dc.contributor.author	Panichella, Annibale	-
dc.contributor.author	Canfora, Gerardo	-
dc.contributor.author	Penta, Massimiliano Di	-
dc.date.accessioned	2023-01-13T13:32:14Z	-
dc.date.available	2023-01-13T13:32:14Z	-
dc.date.issued	2022	-
dc.identifier.issn	1049-331X	de_CH
dc.identifier.issn	1557-7392	de_CH
dc.identifier.uri	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/26612	-
dc.description.abstract	Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) practices have shown several benefits for software development and operations, e.g., faster release cycles and early discovery of defects. For Cyber-Physical System (CPS) development, CI/CD can help achieving required goals, such as high dependability, yet it may be challenging to apply. This paper empirically investigates challenges, barriers, and their mitigation occurring when applying CI/CD practices to develop CPSs in 10 organizations working in 8 different domains. The study has been conducted through semi-structured interviews, by applying an open card sorting procedure together with a member-checking survey within the same organizations, and by validating the results through a further survey involving 55 professional developers. The study reveals several peculiarities in the application of CI/CD to CPSs. These include the need for (i) combining continuous and periodic builds, while balancing the use of Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL) and simulators; (ii) coping with difficulties in software deployment (iii) accounting for simulators and HiL differing in their behavior; and (vi) combining hardware/software expertise in the development team. Our findings open the road towards recommenders aimed at supporting the setting and evolution of CI/CD pipelines, as well as university curricula requiring interdisciplinarity, such as knowledge about hardware, software, and their interplay.	de_CH
dc.language.iso	en	de_CH
dc.publisher	Association for Computing Machinery	de_CH
dc.relation.ispartof	ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology	de_CH
dc.rights	Licence according to publishing contract	de_CH
dc.subject	Empirical software engineering	de_CH
dc.subject	Continuous integration and delivery	de_CH
dc.subject	Cyber-physical system	de_CH
dc.subject.ddc	005: Computerprogrammierung, Programme und Daten	de_CH
dc.title	Continuous integration and delivery practices for cyber-physical systems : an interview-based study	de_CH
dc.type	Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift	de_CH
dcterms.type	Text	de_CH
zhaw.departement	School of Engineering	de_CH
zhaw.organisationalunit	Institut für Informatik (InIT)	de_CH
dc.identifier.doi	10.1145/3571854	de_CH
dc.identifier.doi	10.21256/zhaw-26612	-
zhaw.funding.eu	info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/957254//DevOps for Complex Cyber-physical Systems/COSMOS	de_CH
zhaw.issue	3	de_CH
zhaw.originated.zhaw	Yes	de_CH
zhaw.pages.start	73	de_CH
zhaw.publication.status	acceptedVersion	de_CH
zhaw.volume	32	de_CH
zhaw.publication.review	Peer review (Publikation)	de_CH
zhaw.webfeed	Software Engineering	de_CH
zhaw.funding.zhaw	COSMOS – DevOps for Complex Cyber-physical Systems of Systems	de_CH
zhaw.author.additional	No	de_CH
zhaw.display.portrait	Yes	de_CH
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Zampetti, F., Tamburri, D. A., Panichella, S., Panichella, A., Canfora, G., & Penta, M. D. (2022). Continuous integration and delivery practices for cyber-physical systems : an interview-based study. ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, 32(3), 73. https://doi.org/10.1145/3571854

Zampetti, F. et al. (2022) ‘Continuous integration and delivery practices for cyber-physical systems : an interview-based study’, ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, 32(3), p. 73. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1145/3571854.

F. Zampetti, D. A. Tamburri, S. Panichella, A. Panichella, G. Canfora, and M. D. Penta, “Continuous integration and delivery practices for cyber-physical systems : an interview-based study,” ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, vol. 32, no. 3, p. 73, 2022, doi: 10.1145/3571854.

ZAMPETTI, Fiorella, Damian A. TAMBURRI, Sebastiano PANICHELLA, Annibale PANICHELLA, Gerardo CANFORA und Massimiliano Di PENTA, 2022. Continuous integration and delivery practices for cyber-physical systems : an interview-based study. ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology. 2022. Bd. 32, Nr. 3, S. 73. DOI 10.1145/3571854

Zampetti, Fiorella, Damian A. Tamburri, Sebastiano Panichella, Annibale Panichella, Gerardo Canfora, and Massimiliano Di Penta. 2022. “Continuous Integration and Delivery Practices for Cyber-Physical Systems : An Interview-Based Study.” ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology 32 (3): 73. https://doi.org/10.1145/3571854.

Zampetti, Fiorella, et al. “Continuous Integration and Delivery Practices for Cyber-Physical Systems : An Interview-Based Study.” ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, vol. 32, no. 3, 2022, p. 73, https://doi.org/10.1145/3571854.