Tasks Decomposition Approaches in Crowdsourcing Software Development

TL;DR

This paper explores task decomposition techniques in crowdsourcing software development, analyzing how they impact project success and identifying practices used by experienced developers in leading and managing tasks.

Contribution

It systematically identifies and analyzes task decomposition approaches in CSD, highlighting the role of experienced developers and proposing future research directions.

Findings

Identified key task decomposition techniques in CSD

Analyzed the role of experienced developers in task management

Suggested future research directions for improving decomposition methods

Abstract

A main characteristic of crowdsourcing software development (CSD) is the complexity of tasks and skills required by workers to achieve successful software crowdsourcing. The tasks proposed to the crowd in CSD are checked to ensure they are manageable and achievable. In general, individual tasks come from general goal-oriented projects. There are practices for breaking down software projects into manageable tasks, known as task decomposition. This study identified task decomposition techniques in software engineering, particularly in the context of CSD. Then, we defined the experienced developers who lead the requester in decomposing the project, preparing tasks, and reviewing submissions. This study explored and addressed decomposition approaches in CSD. Next, we selected projects in TopCoder to identify the task decomposition process in the CSD context. Finally, we concluded with future research directions for investigating decomposition approaches and their effects in the CSD context to ensure successful crowdsourced software projects.