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

• Main Authors: STEFFENS, Flavio, MARCZAK, Sabrina, FIGUEIRA FILHO, Fernando, TREUDE, Christoph, DA SOUZA, Cleidson R. B.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: collaboration; gamification; motivation; qualitative study; software teams; Software Engineering
• 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
• Institution: Singapore Management University

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...