A preliminary evaluation of a gamification framework to jump start collaboration behavior change

In this notes paper we report on a preliminary qualitative evaluation of a gamification framework to address collaboration issues in software engineering. Findings suggest that the use of game elements indeed is prone to motivate software developers to foster the resolution of collaboration issues i...

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Main Authors: STEFFENS, Flavio, MARCZAK, Sabrina, FIGUEIRA FILHO, Fernando, TREUDE, Christoph, DA SOUZA, Cleidson R. B.
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/8936
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/9939/viewcontent/chase17.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
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Summary:In this notes paper we report on a preliminary qualitative evaluation of a gamification framework to address collaboration issues in software engineering. Findings suggest that the use of game elements indeed is prone to motivate software developers to foster the resolution of collaboration issues in their teams. Our preliminary results motivated us to design large scale, in-depth, and longitudinal studies to further evaluate the framework. In a long run, we expect that our findings will be informative for project managers and tool designers and anyone else who is interested in helping software teams to overcome collaboration barriers and succeed on their work.