Extending Software Development Methodologies to Support Trustworthiness-by-Design

People are increasingly concerned about the trustworthiness of software that they use when acting within socio-technical systems. Ideally, software development projects have to address trustworthiness requirements from the very early stages of development using constructive methods to enable trustworthiness-by-design. We analyze the development methodologies with respect to their capabilities for supporting the development of trustworthy software. Our analysis reveals that well-established development methodologies do not specifically support the realization of trustworthy software. Based on findings, we propose a generic mechanism for extending development methodologies by incorporating process chunks that represent best practices and explicitly address the systematical design of trustworthy software. We demonstrate the application of our approach by extending a design methodology to foster the development of trustworthy software for socio-technical systems.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2015
• Where: CAISE
• Authors: Nazila Gol Mohammadi, Torsten Bandyszak, Sachar Paulus, Per Håkon Meland, Thorsten Weyer, Klaus Pohl
• Keywords: CAISE 2015, Information Technology