Crowdsourcing in Software Development

Md Sahadat Hossain Sagor

Bakalářská práce

Abstract:

Software development is the process of creating a new innovative and efficient product. The involvement of crowdsourcing approaches in this area brings new changes. As the crowdsourcing approach of software development differs fundamentally from the usual procedures, this work is mainly focused on the analysis of aspects specific to this innovative approach. The purpose is to thoroughly map the various forms of crowdsourcing, the benefits of its adoption and the possibilities of various forms of involvement of crowdsourcing principles in the field of software development. The work analyzes the collected data related to different types of software development to create a holistic view of this issue. The practical part examines two cases of software development with the help of crowdsourcing, which are the platforms TopCoder and Upwork. Both of these approaches are analyzed and their advantages and disadvantages are compared. TopCoder organizes many online competitions during which new innovative software is developed, while Upwork works on software development based on individual projects with an emphasis on reducing costs and speeding up development. The innovative crowdsourcing models of both platforms have a major impact on the changes currently taking place in the software development industry. Organizations that implement any of the discussed approaches thus gain the opportunity to increase their efficiency and gain greater benefits.

Keywords

Crowdsourcing, Software development, Open innovation, Outsourcing, Community of practice

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 8. 3. 2021

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedoucí: Ing. Jan Pavlík

Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze

Provozně ekonomická fakulta

Bakalářský studijní program / obor:
Systems Engineering and Informatics / Informatics