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PRIMAD: Building Digital Twins for Software Development Lifecycle within an Evolutionary Architecture

  • Miguel Angel Guinea-Cabrera
  • , Juan Antonio Holgado-Terriza
  • , Pablo A. Pico-Valencia

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Abstract

Current Digital Twin (DT) adoption in the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) faces significant hurdles, including a lack of standardized methods, limited research, and isolated use cases. Optimizing value streams is crucial for modern software organizations, which are increasingly characterized by diverse and evolving roles. Implementing a digital twin in this context can significantly enhance the ability to identify opportunities for improvement and explore potential change scenarios. To overcome these adoption barriers, we propose PRIMAD, a progressive methodology for building an SDLC DT that delivers incremental benefits by leveraging existing empirical data from issue-tracking systems, such as JIRA. This approach resolves the "cold start"problem, enabling simulations to emerge directly from real-world behavior. Our methodology integrates a Python-based simulation core with an Akka actor system for modeling issues and resources, enriched by supervised machine learning for context-aware predictions. Preliminary results validating PRIMAD components independently (using pm4py, Akka, and LightGBM) show promising outcomes. This paper details our methodology, presents preliminary component-wise results, and outlines future work.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2025 IEEE Smart World Congress, SWC 2025, 2025 IEEE Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, Autonomous and Trusted Computing, Digital Twin, Metaverse, Scalable Computing and Communications
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1680-1685
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9798331575984
DOIs
StatePublished - 2025
Externally publishedYes
Event2025 IEEE Smart World Congress, SWC 2025 - Calgary, Canada
Duration: Aug 18 2025Aug 22 2025

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2025 IEEE Smart World Congress, SWC 2025, 2025 IEEE Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, Autonomous and Trusted Computing, Digital Twin, Metaverse, Scalable Computing and Communications

Conference

Conference2025 IEEE Smart World Congress, SWC 2025
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityCalgary
Period08/18/2508/22/25

Keywords

  • actor model
  • digital twin
  • machine learning
  • software agents
  • software engineering

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