Abstract

In recent years, crowdsourcing has increasingly gained attention as a powerful sourcing mechanism for problem-solving in organizations. Depending on the type of activity addressed by crowdsourcing, the complexity of the tasks and the role of the crowdworkers may differ substantially. It is crucial that the tasks are designed and allocated according to the capabilities of the targeted crowds. In this pa-per, we outline our research in progress which is concerned with the effects of task complexity and user expertise on performance in crowdsourced software testing. We conduct an experiment and gath-er empirical data from expert and novice crowds that perform different software testing tasks of vary-ing degrees of complexity. Our expected contribution is twofold. For crowdsourcing in general, we aim at providing valuable insights for the process of framing and allocating tasks to crowds in ways that increase the crowdworkers’ performance. Secondly, we intend to improve the configuration of crowdsourced software testing initiatives. More precisely, the results are expected to show practition-ers what types of testing tasks should be assigned to which group of dedicated crowdworkers. In this vein, we deliver valuable decision support for both crowdsourcers and intermediaries to enhance the performance of their crowdsourcing initiatives.

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