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PRIUS: Applying Gamification to User Stories Prioritization

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Maria Lencastre,

João Henrique C. Pimentel,

Jaelson Brelaz CastroAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGAPP Applied Computing Review, Volume 23, Issue 4

Pages 27 - 44

https://doi.org/10.1145/3642964.3642967

Published: 22 January 2024 Publication History

Abstract

In the context of agile development methodologies, due to the volatile nature of requirements and constant changes, prioritizing requirements is often a problem. Requirements prioritization is a complex, collaborative, continuous, cyclical, and laborious process, resulting in low engagement. Gamification is a viable strategy for improving engagement in such processes, as it enhances activities by promoting experiences akin to those found when playing games. This paper proposes a gamified approach, called PRIUS, for requirements prioritization in agile software development. The approach combines a requirements prioritization technique - Wiegers Matrix - with game elements, aiming to promote stakeholders' engagement in the activity. The PRIUS Gamified approach was developed, and a supporting system was implemented. They promote the integration of gamification elements for prioritizing agile artifacts asynchronously. A controlled experiment was conducted, comparing the gamified version of PRIUS with a non-gamified version in an academic environment. The results suggest that the gamified approach positively impacts some aspects of engagement of users in requirements prioritization using agile software development.

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Index Terms

PRIUS: Applying Gamification to User Stories Prioritization
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Designing software
      1. Requirements analysis

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ACM SIGAPP Applied Computing Review Volume 23, Issue 4

December 2023

40 pages

ISSN:1559-6915

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DOI:10.1145/3642964

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Eswaran UEswaran VEswaran VMurali K(2024)Agile TechPractical Approaches to Agile Project Management10.4018/979-8-3693-3318-1.ch004(48-84)Online publication date: 30-May-2024
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