Agile Practices for Quantum Software Development: Practitioners' Perspectives

Arif Ali Khan; Muhammad Azeem Akbar; Aakash Ahmad; Mahdi Fahmideh; Mohammad Shameem; Valtteri Lahtinen; Muhammad Waseem; Tommi Mikkonen

doi:10.1109/QSW59989.2023.00012

Agile Practices for Quantum Software Development: Practitioners' Perspectives

Arif Ali Khan^*
, Muhammad Azeem Akbar
, Aakash Ahmad
, Mahdi Fahmideh
, Mohammad Shameem
, Valtteri Lahtinen
, Muhammad Waseem
, Tommi Mikkonen

^*Corresponding author for this work

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27 Scopus citations

Abstract

Quantum software engineering is an emerging genre of software engineering that exploit principles of quantum bits (Qubit) and quantum gates (Qgates) to solve complex computing problems effeciently than their classical counterparts. According to its proponents, agile software development practices have the potential to address many of the problems endemic to the development of quantum software. However, there is a dearth of evidence investigating whether agile practices are suitable for, and can be adopted by, software teams in the context of quantum software development. To address this lack, we conducted an empirical study to investigate the needs and challenges of using agile practices to develop quantum software. While our semi-structured interviews with 26 practitioners across 10 countries highlighted the applicability of agile practices in this domain, the interview findings also revealed new challenges impeding the effective incorporation of these practices. Our research findings provide a springboard for further contextualization and seamless integration of agile practices in quantum software engineering (QSE) to develop emerging and next generation of quantum software systems and application.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software, QSW 2023
Editors	Shaukat Ali, Claudio Ardagna, Nimanthi Atukorala, Johanna Barzen, Carl K. Chang, Rong N. Chang, Jing Fan, Ismael Faro, Sebastian Feld, Geoffrey C. Fox, Zhi Jin, Frank Leymann, Florian Neukart, Salvador de la Puente, Manuel Wimmer
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	9-20
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350304794
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/QSW59989.2023.00012
State	Published - 2023
Externally published	Yes
Event	2023 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software, QSW 2023 - Hybrid, Chicago, United States Duration: 2 Jul 2023 → 8 Jul 2023

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Name	Proceedings - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software, QSW 2023

Conference

Conference	2023 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software, QSW 2023
Country/Territory	United States
City	Hybrid, Chicago
Period	2/07/23 → 8/07/23

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 IEEE.

Keywords

Agile Practices
Empirical Software Engineering
Quantum Software Engineering

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Hardware and Architecture
Software
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

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Khan, A. A., Akbar, M. A., Ahmad, A., Fahmideh, M., Shameem, M., Lahtinen, V., Waseem, M., & Mikkonen, T. (2023). Agile Practices for Quantum Software Development: Practitioners' Perspectives. In S. Ali, C. Ardagna, N. Atukorala, J. Barzen, C. K. Chang, R. N. Chang, J. Fan, I. Faro, S. Feld, G. C. Fox, Z. Jin, F. Leymann, F. Neukart, S. de la Puente, & M. Wimmer (Eds.), Proceedings - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software, QSW 2023 (pp. 9-20). (Proceedings - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software, QSW 2023). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/QSW59989.2023.00012

Khan, Arif Ali ; Akbar, Muhammad Azeem ; Ahmad, Aakash et al. / Agile Practices for Quantum Software Development : Practitioners' Perspectives. Proceedings - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software, QSW 2023. editor / Shaukat Ali ; Claudio Ardagna ; Nimanthi Atukorala ; Johanna Barzen ; Carl K. Chang ; Rong N. Chang ; Jing Fan ; Ismael Faro ; Sebastian Feld ; Geoffrey C. Fox ; Zhi Jin ; Frank Leymann ; Florian Neukart ; Salvador de la Puente ; Manuel Wimmer. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023. pp. 9-20 (Proceedings - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software, QSW 2023).

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Khan, AA, Akbar, MA, Ahmad, A, Fahmideh, M, Shameem, M, Lahtinen, V, Waseem, M & Mikkonen, T 2023, Agile Practices for Quantum Software Development: Practitioners' Perspectives. in S Ali, C Ardagna, N Atukorala, J Barzen, CK Chang, RN Chang, J Fan, I Faro, S Feld, GC Fox, Z Jin, F Leymann, F Neukart, S de la Puente & M Wimmer (eds), Proceedings - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software, QSW 2023. Proceedings - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software, QSW 2023, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 9-20, 2023 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software, QSW 2023, Hybrid, Chicago, United States, 2/07/23. https://doi.org/10.1109/QSW59989.2023.00012

Agile Practices for Quantum Software Development: Practitioners' Perspectives. / Khan, Arif Ali; Akbar, Muhammad Azeem; Ahmad, Aakash et al.
Proceedings - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software, QSW 2023. ed. / Shaukat Ali; Claudio Ardagna; Nimanthi Atukorala; Johanna Barzen; Carl K. Chang; Rong N. Chang; Jing Fan; Ismael Faro; Sebastian Feld; Geoffrey C. Fox; Zhi Jin; Frank Leymann; Florian Neukart; Salvador de la Puente; Manuel Wimmer. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023. p. 9-20 (Proceedings - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software, QSW 2023).

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Khan AA, Akbar MA, Ahmad A, Fahmideh M, Shameem M, Lahtinen V et al. Agile Practices for Quantum Software Development: Practitioners' Perspectives. In Ali S, Ardagna C, Atukorala N, Barzen J, Chang CK, Chang RN, Fan J, Faro I, Feld S, Fox GC, Jin Z, Leymann F, Neukart F, de la Puente S, Wimmer M, editors, Proceedings - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software, QSW 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2023. p. 9-20. (Proceedings - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software, QSW 2023). doi: 10.1109/QSW59989.2023.00012

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