A case study on the development of the German Corona-Warn-App

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Mohamad Fawaz Enaya, Thomas Klingbeil, Jacob Krüger, David Broneske, Frank Feinbube, Gunter Saake

Published: 2024, Last Modified: 08 Sept 2025J. Syst. Softw. 2024EveryoneRevisionsBibTeXCC BY-SA 4.0
Abstract: Highlights•We report a case study on the development of the German COVID-19 contact-tracing app.•We describe how the pandemic and public interest impacted the app’s development.•We elicit insights on good practices the developers employed to engineer the app.•We provide insights into the challenges the developers faced related to the pandemic.