Towards a design space for blockchain-based system reengineering

Abstract

We discuss our ongoing effort in designing a methodology for blockchain-based system reengineering. In particular, we focus in this paper on defining the design space, i.e., the set of options available to designers when applying blockchain to reengineer an existing system. In doing so, we use a practice-driven approach, in which this design space is constructed bottom-up from analysis of existing blockchain use cases and hands-on experience in real world design case studies. Two case studies are presented: using blockchain to reengineer the meat trade supply chain in Mongolia and blockchain-based management of ERP post-implementation modifications.