Gamification Use in Agile Project Management: An Experience Report

Pereira, Igor Muzetti; Amorim, Vicente J. P.; Cota, Marcos A.; Gonçalves, Geovana C.

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“…Furthermore, comparing the communication quality of students who were reluctant to participate in the experiment and those who volunteered to do so allows for a better understanding of the role that gamification plays in this. Additionally, future studies could explore the role of gamification in other software management practices, such as requirement documentation management [17, 18, 20, 21, 26‐28, 42, 49, 57, 60, 65].…”

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“…Moreover, scholars have begun to focus on the application of gamification in software management practice, including boosting team performance through improved collaboration [49], incentivizing team members to complete their timesheets, and facilitating proper documentation execution [46]. Despite these efforts, there has been limited research into the application of gamification strategies in communication practice in software engineering [22,24], even though gamification has demonstrated efficacy in promoting communication efficiency in the business [64] and tourism domain [58].…”

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An empirical investigation on the benefits of gamification in communication within university development teams

Ren

Barrett

2023

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The field of software management recognizes communication as a fundamental aspect, which has garnered significant attention in recent years. In response, scholars have advocated for the implementation of innovative pedagogical approaches to foster students' engagement in communication. One such approach is the utilization of gamification, the integration of game design elements into nongame contexts, which has been demonstrated to be an effective teaching technique across various fields of education. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of gamification on in‐team communication quality within the context of software development. To this end, an experimental design was employed with four teams of third‐year students enrolled in software development courses. The results of the study indicate that the introduction of gamification significantly enhances communication quality among the students. Furthermore, our findings indicate that a specific gamification strategy, feedback, plays a crucial role in guiding the students toward desired communication behaviors. On the basis of the results of this study, it can be concluded that gamification presents a promising approach to enhance communication quality within software development teams.

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An empirical investigation on the benefits of gamification in communication within university development teams

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Barrett

2023

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“…Many studies have been published in the last few years, which employed gamification as a tool for PME. Gamification played a vital role towards enhancing the practical experience by enabling the students to practically implement their knowledge in different scenarios [100], [107]. It has also been determined that the gamification also helps PM students to identify their failings, which assists them in improving for future and performing better than their previous experience.…”

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“…The obtained results provide evidence of information gain as well as student satisfaction with the experience. [107] showed that use of gamification resulted in the retention of contributor's engagement, and a 30% boost in learner's competence.…”

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“…These shortcomings indicate that this approach is less interactive for the students, it is not updating as per the real-time feedback, and lack of interactive graphics and approaches to solve the problem [78]. Instead, these findings are mainly based on the experiences of a few teachers with no input from industrial experts [107], [100]. The standards to apply gamification models to all the knowledge areas of PM still need exploration in order to enhance the learning process to meet the industrial demands [88].…”

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Blended Learning Models, Curricula, and Gamification in Project Management Education

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Project management learning involves realization of the project management's knowledge areas, familiarity with advanced tools as well as developing abilities like critical thinking and decision-making. The majority of inexperienced project managers struggle to achieve these essential skills. Teaching project management is sometimes difficult due to the involvement of practical implementation along with delivering the theoretical concepts. The subject has been explored in a variety of ways by the research community covering the improvisations in teaching methodologies and curricula as well as the applications of alternative approaches such as blended learning and gamification. This article presents the review of the state-of-the-art research in project management education by carefully reviewing the selected research articles published between 2015 and 2022. The primary goal of this study is to summarize the impact of blended learning, curriculum and gamification in project management education by examining the empirically verified research. The key findings represent that "evaluation research" and "solution proposal" are the two most used research categories. Furthermore, this study proposes a taxonomy, which is designed to summarize the fundamental components of blended learning along with their advantages. Moreover, the challenges and gaps as open issues are also presented in the area of project management education. Additionally, this research suggests a project centric model to enhance the learning outcomes of project management courses and provides guidelines for instructors to improve the blended learning and gamification experience for students of project management courses. Finally, the prospects of future research have been offered to the fellow researchers and practitioners engaged in project management education.

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Agile Teamwork Quality – Reflect Your Team While Playing and Identify Actions for Empowerment

Poth,

Kottke,

Schardt

2023

Communications in Computer and Information Science

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Gamification Use in Agile Project Management: An Experience Report

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An empirical investigation on the benefits of gamification in communication within university development teams

An empirical investigation on the benefits of gamification in communication within university development teams

Blended Learning Models, Curricula, and Gamification in Project Management Education

Agile Teamwork Quality – Reflect Your Team While Playing and Identify Actions for Empowerment

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