SCENARIOTCHECK: A Checklist-based Reading Technique for the Verification of IoT Scenarios

TL;DR

SCENARIOTCHECK is a checklist-based reading technique designed to verify IoT scenarios, improving quality assurance in IoT software development through empirical evaluation of its cost-efficiency and effectiveness.

Contribution

Introduces SCENARIOTCHECK, a novel checklist-based inspection method tailored for IoT scenario verification, filling a gap in IoT software quality assurance techniques.

Findings

Technique shows good cost-efficiency

Improves IoT software development effectiveness

Validated through experimental studies

Abstract

Software systems on the Internet of Things have driven the world into a new industrial revolution, bringing with it new features and concerns such as autonomy, continuous device connectivity, and interaction among systems, users, and things. Nevertheless, building these types of systems is still a problematic activity due to their specific features. Empirical studies show the lack of technologies to support the construction of IoT software systems, in which different software artifacts should be created to ensure their quality. Thus, software inspection has emerged as an alternative evidence-based method to support the quality assurance of artifacts produced during the software development cycle. However, there is no knowledge of inspection techniques applicable to IoT software systems. Therefore, this research presents SCENARIOTCHECK, a Checklist-based Reading Technique for the Verification of IoT Scenarios. The checklist has been evaluated with experimental studies. This research shows that the technique has good results regarding cost-efficiency, efficiency, and IoT software system development effectiveness.