Corporate hackathons, how and why? A multiple case study of motivation, projects proposal and selection, goal setting, coordination, and outcomes
Corporate hackathons, how and why? A multiple case study of motivation, projects proposal and selection, goal setting, coordination, and outcomes
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10.1080/07370024.2020.1760869
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2020-10
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Ei Pa Pa Pe-Than-Ei-Pa-Pa-Pe-Than-1399017763;Alexander Nolte;Anna Filippova;C. Bird;Steve Scallen;J. Herbsleb
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Ei Pa Pa Pe-Than-Ei-Pa-Pa-Pe-Than-1399017763;Alexander Nolte;Anna Filippova;C. Bird;Steve Scallen;J. Herbsleb
摘要 诸如黑客马拉松、数据潜水、代码节、黑客日、冲刺或编辑马拉松等有时间限制的活动越来越受到从业者和研究人员的关注。然而，对企业黑客马拉松的研究却很少，这种活动几乎无处不在，并且带来了重大的组织、文化和管理挑战。为了全面了解团队流程和企业黑客马拉松的广泛成果，我们对参加大型企业黑客马拉松的五个团队进行了混合方法、多个案例研究。两支队伍是“现有”队伍（PET），三支队伍是新组建的“快闪”队伍（FT）。我们的分析显示，PET 的协调方式几乎就像在办公室的另一天一样，同时在日常工作范围内创造创新，而 FT 则采用适应黑客马拉松背景的基于角色的协调，同时在日常工作范围之外创造创新。项目的可持续性取决于团队为为其项目寻找归宿付出了多少努力，以及他们的项目是否与组织产品组合中的现有产品非常契合。此外，参与黑客马拉松对参与者的技能、职业和社交网络产生了积极影响。
ABSTRACT Time-bounded events such as hackathons, data dives, codefests, hack-days, sprints or edit-a-thons have increasingly gained attention from practitioners and researchers. Yet there is a paucity of research on corporate hackathons, which are nearly ubiquitous and present significant organizational, cultural, and managerial challenges. To provide a comprehensive understanding of team processes and broad array of outcomes of corporate hackathons, we conducted a mixed-methods, multiple case study of five teams that participated in a large scale corporate hackathon. Two teams were “pre-existing” teams (PETs) and three were newly-formed “flash” teams (FTs). Our analysis revealed that PETs coordinated almost as if it was just another day at the office while creating innovations within the boundary of their regular work, whereas FTs adopted role-based coordination adapted to the hackathon context while creating innovations beyond the boundary of their regular work. Project sustainability depended on how much effort the team put into finding a home for their projects and whether their project was a good fit with existing products in the organization’s product portfolio. Moreover, hackathon participation had perceived positive effects on participants’ skills, careers, and social networks.