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A gamification approach to improve the software development process by exploring the personality of software practitioners

Yilmaz, Mert, Yilmaz, Murat, O'Connor, Rory ORCID: 0000-0001-9253-0313 and Clarke, Paul ORCID: 0000-0002-4487-627X (2016) A gamification approach to improve the software development process by exploring the personality of software practitioners. In: Clarke, Paul ORCID: 0000-0002-4487-627X, O'Connor, Rory ORCID: 0000-0001-9253-0313, Rout, Terry and Dorling, Alec, (eds.) Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 609 . Springer, pp. 71-83. ISBN 978-3-319-38980-6

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Abstract

Although there are various kinds of processes designed to manage the complexities of software development, it is still a challenging endeavor. Recently, a significant number of researchers have started to investigate social problems such as incompatibilities with respect to personality that is likely to be encountered in all stages of the software development process. However, there is no computer-based artifact to reveal the personality types of software practitioners. To bridge this gap, a virtual 3D assessment environment is developed with the ability to immerse individuals similar to a realistic model of the assessment. The interactive questionnaire is based on previous interactive personality assessment framework, which was specifically designed for software engineers. Based on the developed tool, a study was conducted on software practitioners. The data gathered via a survey study from software practitioners is analyzed to observe the difference between the results of paper-based and interactive versions of the same assessment. The analysis of this research states that there is a significant difference between the results of participant’s survey scores. Overall, these results indicate that proposed tool is relevant to help software professionals to improve the software development process when personality types are in consideration.

Item Type:Book Section
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Software process improvement; Team process; Gamification; Interactive assessment; Personality
Subjects:Computer Science > Computer software
Computer Science > Software engineering
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing > School of Computing
Publisher:Springer
Official URL:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-38980-6_6
Copyright Information:© 2016 Springer. The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:21316
Deposited On:03 Aug 2016 10:14 by Fran Callaghan . Last Modified 18 Oct 2018 10:16

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