In microtask crowdsourcing, microtasks are designed and planned by task owners beforehand. However, there are two reasons why it is difficult for task owners to envision and create microtasks for interface design tasks.

- First, the process of interface design is unpredictable. Different designers typically take different approaches to the same design problem

- The results of interface design are unpredictable. A high quality interface design often reflects novel ideas from creative designers, ideas that in many cases are beyond the customers’ expectations


Task unpredictability (A Brief Perspective on Microtask Crowdsourcing Workflows for Interface Design)

In microtask crowdsourcing, the designed workflows and microtasks are usually fixed. Crowd workers execute their task assignments following the owners’ requirements. But for interface design, a restricted workflow may block the potential creativity from crowd workers.


Workflow flexibility and design consistency (A Brief Perspective on Microtask Crowdsourcing Workflows for Interface Design)

The large number of workers makes it hard to target the worker of a specific microtask. These characteristics make microtask crowdsourcing a less effective workflow because interface design requires iterations. Additionally, it is important for interface design to keep source files that indicate design elements, parameters, etc. because without proper documentation, design iteration is impossible.


Design iterations (A Brief Perspective on Microtask Crowdsourcing Workflows for Interface Design)

- A. Task unpredictability
- B. Workflow flexibility and design consistency
- C. Design iterations


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In order to make microtask crowdsourcing more supportive for interface design,   a workflow that can help task owners to break down interface design tasks more easily is needed. This paper briefly describes three experiments that help inform various aspects of workflow design for interface design through microtask crowdsourcing.


A Brief Perspective on Microtask Crowdsourcing Workflows for Interface Design


Mengyao Zhao and Andree van der Hoek (2015) A Brief Perspective on Microtask Crowdsourcing Workflows for Interface Design. 2015 IEEE/ACM 2nd International Workshop on CrowdSourcing in Software Engineering. Department of Informatics. University of California, Irvine


A Brief Perspective on Microtask Crowdsourcing 
Workflows for Interface Design


Challenges Presented (A Brief Perspective on Microtask Crowdsourcing Workflows for Interface Design)

In order to shed light on potential workflows that could overcome the challenges discussed, researchers outline three experiments informing various aspects of a potential workflow:
- A. Decomposition by task owners versus by task workers
- B. Balancing flexibility and consistency
- C. Revising own tasks versus revising others’ tasks

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