Automated runtime change management and business adaptation for distributed software systems

市场需求和技术进步导致现代企业日益数字化，软件在其中发挥核心作用，并出现在越来越多的活动中。与此同时，软件本身正变得比以往任何时候都更加模块化、分布式和动态化，以至于我们谈论系统的系统和软件生态系统。在这种情况下，频繁的更改可能会对业务造成极大的干扰，特别是当系统组件的所有权分散且决策独立时。企业的核心挑战是建立和管理软件系统，该系统将在不断变化的情况下保持每一个质量和盈利能力。这项提议的主要论点是，可以通过整合软件、开发、运营管理和企业管理的各种过程来应对这一挑战。拟议的研究将通过开发具有技术(质量、性能、安全)和经济(价格、广告、成本)参数的混合模型来实现DevOps(开发/运营)与BizOps(业务运营)的集成。这些模型将被纳入决策支持系统，并最终纳入开发和运行时管理工具，以帮助利益相关者在高度分布式和动态的环境中同时保持其软件的质量和盈利能力。开发的平台将为不同的从业者(开发人员、IT人员、质量保证专家、管理人员)提供对其软件及其运行环境的系统视图。信息和通信技术是加拿大和全世界增长最快的部门之一。随着数字经济的普及并成为联邦层面的战略目标，以软件为中心或软件密集型的公司越来越多。尽管企业急于采用新技术，但它们各自的商业模式以及它们必须如何适应新的条件尚不清楚。拟议研究的经济效益可能具有很大潜力。早期的研究表明，中小企业在就业和对国内生产总值的贡献中占很大比例，特别能从这些工具中受益。对于规模较大的公司来说，好处来自于一个更强大的客户生态系统，特别是在竞争日益激烈的市场中。最后，建议的方法可以用于非货币指标，如收益和风险，并帮助大多数围绕软件变更的业务决策。

Market needs and technological advancements have led to an increased digitization of modern business, where software plays a central role and is present in an increasing number of activities. At the same time, software itself is becoming more modular, distributed and dynamic than ever, so that we talk about systems of systems and software ecosystems. In this setting, frequent changes can be highly disruptive for business, especially when ownership of the system components is distributed and decision-making is independent. The core challenge for a business is to build and manage a software system, which will be robust against change maintaining each quality and profitability in the face of constant change.The main argument of this proposal is that this challenge can be addressed by integrating the various processes of software, development, operations management and business management. The proposed research will achieve this integration of DevOps (development/operations) with BizOps (business operations) by developing hybrid models, with both technical (quality, performance, security) and economic (price, advertisement, cost) parameters. These models will be incorporated in decision-support systems and eventually development and runtime management tools to facilitate stakeholders with maintaining both the quality of their software and its profitability at the same time in a highly distributed and dynamic environment. The developed platforms will provide the various practitioners (developers, IT staff, QA experts, managers) with a systemic view of their software and its operating environment. ICT is one of the fastest growing sectors in Canada and worldwide. With digital economy gaining prevalence and becoming a strategic goal on a federal level, there is an increasing number of software-centric or software-intensive companies. While companies are eager to adopt new technologies, the respective business models or how they have to be adapted in the new conditions are not yet clear. The economic benefits from the proposed research can be of high potential. Early research has shown that SMEs, which account for a large portion of employment and contribution to GDP, can particularly benefit from such tools. For bigger companies, the benefit comes in the form of a stronger client ecosystem, especially in an increasingly competitive market. Finally, the proposed methods can be used with non-monetary indices, like benefit and risk, and assist with most business decision around software change.