Blockchain technology has received significant attention recently, as it offers a reliable decentralized infrastructure for all kinds of business transactions. Software-producing organizations are increasingly considering blockchain technology for inclusion into their software products. Selecting the best fitting blockchain platform requires the assessment of its functionality, adaptability, and compatibility to the existing software product. Novice software developers and architects are not experts in every domain, so they should either consult external experts or acquire knowledge themselves. The decision-making process gets more complicated as the number of decision-makers, alternatives, and criteria increases. Hence, a decision model is required to externalize and organize knowledge regarding the blockchain platform selection context. Recently, we designed a decision support system to use such decision models to support decision-makers with their technology selection problems in software production. In this article, we introduce a decision model for the blockchain platform selection problem. The decision model has been evaluated through three real-world case studies at three software-producing organizations. The case-study participants asserted that the approach provides significantly more insight into the blockchain platform selection process, provides a richer prioritized option list than if they had done their research independently, and reduces the time and cost of the decision-making process.

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区块链平台选择的决策支持：三个行业案例研究

区块链技术最近受到了极大的关注，因为它为各种商业交易提供了可靠的去中心化基础设施。软件生产组织越来越多地考虑将区块链技术纳入其软件产品。选择最合适的区块链平台需要评估其功能、适应性和与现有软件产品的兼容性。新手软件开发人员和架构师并不是每个领域的专家，因此他们应该咨询外部专家或自己获取知识。随着决策者、备选方案和标准数量的增加，决策过程变得更加复杂。因此，需要一个决策模型来外部化和组织有关区块链平台选择上下文的知识。最近，我们设计了一个决策支持系统，使用这样的决策模型来支持决策者解决软件生产中的技术选择问题。在本文中，我们介绍了区块链平台选择问题的决策模型。该决策模型已经通过三个软件生产组织的三个真实案例研究进行了评估。案例研究参与者断言，该方法提供了对区块链平台选择过程的更多洞察，提供了比独立进行研究更丰富的优先选项列表，并减少了决策过程的时间和成本。我们为区块链平台选择问题引入了一个决策模型。该决策模型已经通过三个软件生产组织的三个真实案例研究进行了评估。案例研究参与者断言，该方法提供了对区块链平台选择过程的更多洞察，提供了比独立进行研究更丰富的优先选项列表，并减少了决策过程的时间和成本。我们为区块链平台选择问题引入了一个决策模型。该决策模型已经通过三个软件生产组织的三个真实案例研究进行了评估。案例研究参与者断言，该方法提供了对区块链平台选择过程的更多洞察，提供了比独立进行研究更丰富的优先选项列表，并减少了决策过程的时间和成本。