abstract: The wide adoption and continued advancement of information and communications technologies (ICT) have made it easier than ever for individuals and groups to stay connected over long distances. These advances have greatly contributed in dramatically changing the dynamics of the modern day workplace to the point where it is now commonplace to see large, distributed multidisciplinary teams working together on a daily basis. However, in this environment, motivating, understanding, and valuing the diverse contributions of individual workers in collaborative enterprises becomes challenging. To address these issues, this thesis presents the goals, design, and implementation of Taskville, a distributed workplace game played by teams on large, public displays. Taskville uses a city building metaphor to represent the completion of individual and group tasks within an organization. Promising results from two usability studies and two longitudinal studies at a multidisciplinary school demonstrate that Taskville supports personal reflection and improves team awareness through an engaging workplace activity. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.S. Computer Science 2013
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:20940 |
| Date | January 2013 |
| Contributors | Nikkila, Shawn (Author), Sundaram, Hari (Advisor), Byrne, Daragh (Committee member), Davulcu, Hasan (Committee member), Olson, Loren (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher) |
| Source Sets | Arizona State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Masters Thesis |
| Format | 144 pages |
| Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/, All Rights Reserved |
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