Software Engineering Challenges in Cloud Environment : Software Development Lifecycle Perspective

Authors(1) :-Hanieh Kashfi

The rapid development of cloud computing in information technology and the desire to use it in recent years is evident. The use of cloud computing in the field of software development is not an exception. But according to the new cloud computing technologies and their requirements, the use of conventional methods of software development is not possible. Cloud computing has significant impacts on software development life cycle (SDLC), facing software engineers with several challenges in every level of development. In this paper software development challenges in the cloud are studied from the perspective of software development lifecycle (SDLC). Categorizing the challenges will help to create an appropriate framework resolving the related issues.

Authors and Affiliations

Hanieh Kashfi
Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

Software Engineering, Cloud Computing, Software Development Lifecycle.

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 2 | Issue 3 | May-June 2017
Date of Publication : 2017-06-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 251-256
Manuscript Number : CSEIT172320
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

ISSN : 2456-3307

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Hanieh Kashfi, "Software Engineering Challenges in Cloud Environment : Software Development Lifecycle Perspective", International Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology (IJSRCSEIT), ISSN : 2456-3307, Volume 2, Issue 3, pp.251-256, May-June-2017. |          | BibTeX | RIS | CSV

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