Relationship between gamification elements and social and human factors using the simple additive weighting method

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dc.contributor.affiliationRestrepo-Tamayo L.M., Faculty of Engineering, Universidad de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia
dc.contributor.affiliationGasca-Hurtado G.P., Faculty of Engineering, Universidad de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia
dc.contributor.affiliationMachuca-Villegas L., Faculty of Engineering, Universidad de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
dc.contributor.affiliationMorillo-Puente S., Master of Science in Education Program, Sabal University, Doral, FL, United States
dc.contributor.authorRestrepo-Tamayo L.M.
dc.contributor.authorGasca-Hurtado G.P.
dc.contributor.authorMachuca-Villegas L.
dc.contributor.authorMorillo-Puente S.
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-08T14:23:52Z
dc.date.available2025-09-08T14:23:52Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.descriptionGamification is a strategy to stimulate social and human factors (SHF) that influence software development productivity. However, software development teams must improve their productivity to face the challenges of software development organizations. Traditionally, productivity analysis only includes technical factors. Literature shows the importance of SHFs in productivity. Furthermore, gamification elements can contribute to enhancing such factors to improve performance. Thus, to design strategies to enhance a specific SHF, it is essential to identify how gamification elements are related to these factors. The objective of this research is to determine the relationship between gamification elements and SHF that influence the productivity of software development teams. This research included the design of a scoring template to collect data from the experts. The importance was calculated using the Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) method as a tool framed in decision theory. Three criteria were considered: cumulative score, matches in inclusion, and values. The relationships of importance serve as a reference value in designing gamification strategies that promote improved productivity. It extends the path toward analyzing the effect of gamification on the productivity of software development. This relationship facilitates designing and implementing gamification strategies to improve productivity. © 2025 Restrepo-Tamayo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0320419
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dc.identifier.issn19326203
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyFacultad de Ingenieríasspa
dc.publisher.programIngeniería de Sistemasspa
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dc.relation.citationvolume20
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dc.subjectDecision theory
dc.subjectGamification
dc.subjectHuman
dc.subjectOpen access publishing
dc.subjectReference value
dc.subjectSoftware
dc.titleRelationship between gamification elements and social and human factors using the simple additive weighting method
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