TY  - JOUR
JF  - Scientific Reports
SN  - 2045-2322
ID  - uninimx17593
Y1  - 2025/04//
KW  - Client engagement
KW  -  Blockchain
KW  -  Traceability
KW  -  Decentralization
KW  -  Requirement traceability
KW  -  Post
implementation
TI  - Client engagement solution for post implementation issues in software industry using blockchain
IS  - 1
A1  - Farooq, Muhammad Shoaib
A1  - Irshad, Khurram
A1  - Riaz, Danish
A1  - Abdel Samee, Nagwan
A1  - Bautista Thompson, Ernesto
A1  - Gavilanes Aray, Daniel
A1  - Ashraf, Imran
VL  - 15
N2  - In the rapidly advanced and evolving information technology industry, adequate client engagement plays a critical role as it is very important to understand the client?s concerns, and requirements, have the records, authorizations, and go-ahead of previously agreed requirements, and provide the feasible solution accordingly. Previously multiple solutions have been proposed to enhance the efficiency of client engagement, but they lack traceability, trust, transparency, and conflict in agreements of previous contracts. Due to the lack of these shortcomings, the client requirement is getting delayed which is causing client escalations, integrity issues, project failure, and penalties. In this study, we proposed the UniferCollab framework to overcome the issues of collaboration between various teams, transparency, the record of client authorizations, and the go-ahead on previous developments by implementing blockchain technology. We store the data on the permissible network in the proposed approach. It allows us to compile all the requirements and information shared by clients on permissible blockchain to secure a large amount of data which enhances the traceability of all the requirements. All the authorizations from the client generate push notifications for any changes in their current system executed through smart contracts. It removes the ambiguity between various development teams if the client has only shared the requirement with one team. The data is stored in the decentralized network from where information is gathered which resolves the traceability, transparency, and trust issues. Lastly, evaluations involved a total of 800 hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) requests tested using Postman with blockchain block sizes ranging from 0.568 KB to 550 KB and an average size increase of 280 KB was observed as new blocks were added. The longest chain in the network was observed during 800 repetitions of blockchain operations. Latency analysis revealed that delays in processing HTTP requests were influenced by decentralized node processing, local machine response times, and internet bandwidth through various experiments. Results show that the proposed framework resolves all client engagement issues in implementation between all stakeholders which enhances trust, and transparency improves client experience and helps us manage disputes effectively.
AV  - public
UR  - http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-95448-2
ER  -