Empirical investigation of the factors influencing sustainability aspects in crowdsourced software development

Empirical investigation of the factors influencing sustainability aspects in crowdsourced software development | Authorea try { document.documentElement.classList.add('js'); } catch (e) { } var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'G-8VDV14Y67G']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Skip to main content Preprints Collections Wiley Open Research IET Open Research Ecological Society of Japan All Collections About About Authorea FAQs Contact Us Quick Search anywhere Search for preprint articles, keywords, etc. Search Search ADVANCED SEARCH SCROLL This is a preprint and has not been peer reviewed. Data may be preliminary. 23 August 2025 V1 Latest version Share on Empirical investigation of the factors influencing sustainability aspects in crowdsourced software development Authors : WAQAS HAIDER [email protected] and Muhammad Ilyas 0000-0003-2531-6485 Authors Info & Affiliations https://doi.org/10.22541/au.175594167.75241607/v1 158 views 103 downloads Contents Abstract Supplementary Material Information & Authors Metrics & Citations View Options References Figures Tables Media Share Abstract Crowdsourced software development (CSD) has increased over the previous decade as information and communication technologies (ICTs) have advanced. Despite the benefits of the CSD sector, developers continue to confront numerous challenges in software sustainability and integrating sustainable software generated by multiple developers into a final product. In our earlier study, we used the systematic literature review (SLR) technique to identify a list of eleven factors that influence sustainability aspects of crowdsourced software development. In order to validate the SLR findings, we conducted an empirical investigation in the CSD industry via a questionnaire survey. This study seeks to identify and analyze factors which influence sustainability aspects of crowdsourced software development. A questionnaire survey of 57 experts was conducted using the SLR findings. A Likert scale of five points was used for evaluating the importance of every factor in determining sustainability aspects in crowdsourced software development. According to our research, eight factors are crucial for producing sustainable software in CSD. We further analyzed these factors based on different variables such as job position, software sustainability as an important element, participant familiarity with sustainability, importance-based software sustainability to the organization, motivation of CSD participants, and dimension-based. We identified three significant differences: ”Privacy and intellectual property rights violations in job position-based analysis,” ”Lack of knowledge and awareness about sustainability in the importance of software sustainability to the organization,” and ”Work incentives in the motivation of CSD participants.” Additionally, we found no significant differences in the factors related to software sustainability, an important element, as participants are familiar with sustainability and its dimension-based aspects. Supplementary Material File (empirical investigation of the factors influencing sustainability aspects in crowdsourced software developent.docx) Download 142.10 KB Information & Authors Information Version history V1 Version 1 23 August 2025 Copyright This work is licensed under a Non Exclusive No Reuse License. Keywords crowdsourced software development factors software crowdsourcing software sustainability systematic literature review Authors Affiliations WAQAS HAIDER [email protected] University of Malakand View all articles by this author Muhammad Ilyas 0000-0003-2531-6485 University of Malakand View all articles by this author Metrics & Citations Metrics Article Usage 158 views 103 downloads .FvxKWukQNSOunydq8rnd { width: 100px; } Citations Download citation WAQAS HAIDER, Muhammad Ilyas. Empirical investigation of the factors influencing sustainability aspects in crowdsourced software development. Authorea . 23 August 2025. 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