Crowdsourcing transparency requirements through structured feedback and social adaptation

Hosseini, Mahmood; Shahri, Alimohammad; Phalp, Keith; Ali, Raian

doi:10.1109/rcis.2016.7549330

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“…This is in line with our previous research on the importance of utilising structured feedback to elicit stakeholders' transparency requirements [35].…”

Section: Feedback Channels Should Exist Between Information Providerssupporting

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“…The time and money costs, plus the burden it puts on the shoulders of the information provider, justifies such a prohibition. While this justification is unobjectionable, the automation of the entire procedure of transparency management (e.g., through the use of structured feedback, crowdsourcing, and social adaptation [35]) could remove this obstacle and satisfy information receivers' constant demands for transparency.…”

Section: Transparency Provision Can Become Vexatiousmentioning

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Four reference models for transparency requirements in information systems

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Transparency is a key emerging requirement in modern businesses and their information systems. Transparency refers to the information which flows amongst stakeholders for the purpose of informed decision-making and taking the right action. Transparency is generally associated with positive connotations such as trust and accountability. However, it has been shown that it could have adverse effects such as information overload and affecting decisions objectiveness. This calls for systematic approaches for transparency to ensure its cost-effectiveness and avoid such adverse side effects. This is especially true considering that the relatively few works in the literature on transparency requirements have focused mainly on making information available and accessible and have paid little focus on the information receivers' side and making it meaningful for them. In this paper, we reflect on our previous research on transparency and its multi-faceted constructs and review multi-disciplinary conceptualisation and propose four reference models which are meant to form a holistic conceptual baseline for transparency requirements in information systems. These reference models cover transparency actors, transparency meaningfulness, transparency usefulness, and information quality in transparency. We also discuss the interdependencies amongst these four reference models and their implications for requirements engineers and information system analysts. As a proof of concept, we analyse a mainstream transparency document, the United Kingdom Freedom of Information Act, in the light of our reference models and demonstrate the need to consider transparency more holistically and the need to include the information receiver's perspective and the inter-relations amongst various properties and constituents of transparency as well. We then highlight areas of improvement informed by our analysis.

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“…This is in line with our previous research on the importance of utilising structured feedback to elicit stakeholders' transparency requirements [35].…”

Section: Feedback Channels Should Exist Between Information Providerssupporting

confidence: 91%

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confidence: 99%

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“…For example, someone requesting CPU power may state why they need to use somebody else's CPU and how they intend to use it, or someone offering cloud storage may explain how they ensure the privacy and security of the stored information on their storage device. Engineering approaches towards transparency [31,34,35] can significantly help in formalising and formulating such requirements, and the power of the crowd engaged in crowdcloud can be harnessed to meet such transparency requirements [33,37].…”

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Crowdcloud: a crowdsourced system for cloud infrastructure

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The widespread adoption of truly portable, smart devices and Do-It-Yourself computing platforms by the general public has enabled the rise of new network and system paradigms. This abundance of well-connected, well-equipped, affordable devices, when combined with crowdsourcing methods, enables the development of systems with the aid of the crowd. In this work, we introduce the paradigm of Crowdsourced Systems, systems whose constituent infrastructure, or a significant part of it, is pooled from the general public by following crowdsourcing methodologies. We discuss the particular distinctive characteristics they carry and also provide their ''canonical'' architecture. We exemplify the paradigm by also introducing Crowdcloud, a crowdsourced cloud infrastructure where crowd members can act both as cloud service providers and cloud service clients. We discuss its characteristic properties and also provide its functional architecture. The concepts introduced in this work underpin recent advances in the areas of mobile edge/fog computing and co-designed/cocreated systems.

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