Gamification for agile: a systematic literature review

01/01/2023

Gamification has been used in software engineering to motivate practitioners to adopt agile. This study assesses the state of the art regarding the use of gamification in agile projects. A systematic literature review was followed by searching for peer-reviewed papers and dissertations on the topic and assessing their quality. Overall, 225 studies were found, but only 12 selected. Most studies focused on the Scrum framework, and the completion of stories/tasks was the practice subject to gamification more times. While the impact of gamification initiatives was positive, these studies lacked a proper empirical validation of the proposed gamification solutions. Despite the novelty of this field, there seems to be potential in the use of gamification to improve agile projects, but future studies should address the gaps identified in this analysis and provide more detail when reporting their results, namely regarding the discussion of the impact, benefits, and challenges of gamification.

Autores da comunidade :

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  M

  Miguel Mira da Silva

  ist13948

  Afiliações e fontes

  IST > DEI

  Departamento de Engenharia Informática

  De: scopus

  ID: 2-s2.0-85161850209

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  D

  Daniel Jorge Viegas Gonçalves

  ist13898

  Afiliações e fontes

  IST > DEI

  Departamento de Engenharia Informática

  IST > INESC-ID

  Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores - Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa

International Journal of Agile Systems and Management

226

261

16

2

1741-9174

10.1504/IJASM.2023.130838

electrical-engineering-electronic-engineering-information-engineering - Engenharia Eletrotécnica, Eletrónica e Informática

Palavras-chave

• gamification
• agile
• agile management
• agile projects
• agile practices
• scrum
• SLR
• systematic literature review
• software engineering
• software engineers
• motivation

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