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This study takes a novel approach to defence procurement. Through the use of a Serious Game, developed using Open Source coding techniques and internally Crowdsourced, the design of defence equipment is developed through a wider than usual range of user perspectives. The aim is to reduce procurement cost by exposing defence equipment to a wide range of users ahead of the in-service phase, where re-work becomes more costly. Not previously reviewed the conjoining of a Serious Game, Open Source coding and Crowdsourcing has technical and cultural issues within UK defence. This is an interim report after the first year of work.
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Oates, E. (2016). Learning and Designing with Serious Games: Crowdsourcing for Procurement. In: De Gloria, A., Veltkamp, R. (eds) Games and Learning Alliance. GALA 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9599. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40216-1_7
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