Groupware development support with technology patterns

Lukosch, Stephan; Schümmer, Till

doi:10.1016/j.ijhcs.2006.02.006

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“…They are based on the philosophy of pattern languages, first proposed by architect Christopher Alexander, which is now widely applied in many other professional areas to encompass creative human actions ( [32] and works cited therein).…”

Section: Definitions and The Use Of Patternsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Project Communication Management Patterns

Muszyńska

2016

Annals of Computer Science and Information Systems

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Abstract-In present, dynamically developing organizations, that often realize business tasks using the project-based approach, effective project management is of paramount importance. Numerous reports and scientific papers present lists of critical success factors in project management, and communication management is usually at the very top of the list. But even though the communication practices are found to be associated with most of the success dimensions, they are not given enough attention and the communication processes and practices formalized in the company's project management methodology are neither followed nor prioritized by project managers. This paper aims at supporting project managers and teams in more effective implementation of best practices in communication management by proposing a set of communication management patterns, which promote a context-problem-solution approach to communication management in projects. I. INTRODUCTIONOMMUNICATION management is deemed by many as one of the most important knowledge areas in project management and a very complex one at the same time. It is affected by many factors, like characteristics of project stakeholders, project environment, project communication structure, communication properties, physical and psychological barriers [1]. Research has shown that there is a direct connection between communication and a project's outcome, which is determined by the design of the communication environment of the project [2]. Project communication and networking skills are considered to be the life blood of project management leadership [3] and awareness of the potential offered by efficient communication is an essential prerequisite for success in the business world [4].Project management methodologies, frameworks and sets of principles like Project Management Body of Knowledge, Prince 2, Adaptive Project Framework, Agile Software Development, Scrum, and others, include rules, hints and procedures regarding various communication management aspects, which in most cases should be sufficient to properly manage communication in a project team. The reason why This publication was financed from the funds of the Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Szczecin. this is not always the case is that, many IT companies do not actually follow any of these methodologies when realizing projects (for example, 30% of the companies surveyed in [5]) and those that do, tend to concentrate on other project management knowledge areas, which seem more important, like scheduling, cost management, etc. There are also numerous cases of project failures [6], that could be linked to poor communication management (among others [7], [8]).Thus it seems important to constantly promote good communication management practices and look for new ways to support project managers and team members in better realization of communication and documentation processes in their projects. That is the main goal behind the communication management patterns proposed in this paper -to give project ...

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Section: Definitions and The Use Of Patternsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Project Communication Management Patterns

Muszyńska

2016

Annals of Computer Science and Information Systems

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“…. within the general computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW) domain (Penichet et al, 2010;Fonseca et al, 2009;Petropoulakis and Flood, 2007;Bao-Qing et al, 2007;Lukosch and Schümmer, 2006). These approaches provide exhaustive support for cooperative work, such as group and workflow management, group editing, document sharing and many types of both synchronous and asynchronous communication (Fonseca et al, 2009).…”

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An application framework to systematically develop complex learning resources based on collaborative knowledge engineering

Gañán

Caballé

Conesa

et al. 2015

International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science

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This contribution proposes software infrastructure to support new types of learning methodologies and resources based on collaborative knowledge engineering by means of an innovative application framework called the virtualized collaborative sessions framework (VCSF). The VCSF helps meet challenging collaborative knowledge engineering requirements in online learning, such as increasing group members' learning performance during the on-line collaborative learning process. In turn, systematic application of the VCSF platform enriched with semantic knowledge engineering technologies enables e-learning developers to leverage successful collaborative learning experiences in a software reuse fashion while saving development time and effort. The framework is prototyped and successfully tested in real environments, thus showing the software reuse capability and the collaborative knowledge engineering benefits of the VCSF approach. The research reported in this paper was undertaken within the ALICE project funded through the European 7th Framework Program (FP7).

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“…Thus, the potential design solutions cannot be evaluated when they are formalized through design patterns or reused in future application developments. Lukosch and Schümmer [10] argue that groupware reuse should focus on design reuse rather than code reuse.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Thus, we can see the collaboration scenario as a dynamic mesh where no centralized components are allowed. Next section briefly describes the proposed design patterns using the description language proposed and used in [10].…”

Section: Patternsmentioning

confidence: 99%