Rethinking Strategies of Hackathons to Increase Team’s Creativity: Findings of a Qualitative Research

Nelson Tenório, Gisele Caroline Urbano Lourenço, Mariana Oliveira, Steffi Aline Stark Becker, Fabrício Tomaz Bernardelli, Hassan Atifi, Nada Matta

2019

Abstract

Hackathons are events that have become increasingly common around the world. This kind of event, described as a programming marathon, is based on problem-solving that can go beyond the technological boundary. This paper presents the findings of an international hackathon to aid its organizers to rethink their strategies to improve the development of the team’s creativity to solve the challenge proposed. The paper summarizes qualitative research based on interviews and observations which point out that the organizers should consider strategies to improve knowledge application, resolving conflicts, individual learning, and experienced emotions, during pre-hackathon as well as post-hackathon events. Our findings could leverage the innovation, creativity, and knowledge sharing and creation within hackathons.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Tenório N., Lourenço G., Oliveira M., Becker S., Bernardelli F., Atifi H. and Matta N. (2019). Rethinking Strategies of Hackathons to Increase Team’s Creativity: Findings of a Qualitative Research. In Proceedings of the 11th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (IC3K 2019) - Volume 3: KMIS; ISBN 978-989-758-382-7, SciTePress, pages 92-101. DOI: 10.5220/0008164300920101

in Bibtex Style

@conference{kmis19,
author={Nelson Tenório and Gisele Caroline Urbano Lourenço and Mariana Oliveira and Steffi Aline Stark Becker and Fabrício Tomaz Bernardelli and Hassan Atifi and Nada Matta},
title={Rethinking Strategies of Hackathons to Increase Team’s Creativity: Findings of a Qualitative Research},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 11th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (IC3K 2019) - Volume 3: KMIS},
year={2019},
pages={92-101},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008164300920101},
isbn={978-989-758-382-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 11th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (IC3K 2019) - Volume 3: KMIS
TI - Rethinking Strategies of Hackathons to Increase Team’s Creativity: Findings of a Qualitative Research
SN - 978-989-758-382-7
AU - Tenório N.
AU - Lourenço G.
AU - Oliveira M.
AU - Becker S.
AU - Bernardelli F.
AU - Atifi H.
AU - Matta N.
PY - 2019
SP - 92
EP - 101
DO - 10.5220/0008164300920101
PB - SciTePress