Technological mediation for design collaboration

Professional perspectives on collaborative design work

“…And although the capacities of some individual designers may be impressive, the scope of knowledge required to grasp all aspects of complex problems are often beyond the cognitive limits of a single person, making it necessary for all involved stakeholders to participate, communicate and collaborate (Arias et al 2000, Vande Moere et al 2008. Collaboration in multidisciplinary teams is presented as a means to bring a wide set of perspectives to bear on a problem before major project decisions are made (Olson et al 1992, Geisler andRogers 2000). Through integrating the richness of their past experiences and technical knowledge, participants work collectively so that they have enough information to meet the complexity of problems facing society today (Lewis 1964, Peng 1994, Sonnenwald 1996, Smulders et al 2008, Adams et al 2009).…”

“…Interest in collaboration has also been influenced by the emergence of information communication technologies, large database storage systems, networking software and computer-supported cooperative work tools, which can sustain new distributed systems of work and communication (Conklin and Yakemovic 1991, Tang 1991, Geisler and Rogers 2000, Simoff 2000, Tang et al 2011). These developments have placed greater emphasis on designing as a social process of interaction, discussion and negotiation within teams whose members cross departmental and even company boundaries (Brereton et al 1996, Dwarakanath and Blessing 1996, Gunther et al 1996, Perry 1998, Oak 2011.…”

“…These developments have placed greater emphasis on designing as a social process of interaction, discussion and negotiation within teams whose members cross departmental and even company boundaries (Brereton et al 1996, Dwarakanath and Blessing 1996, Gunther et al 1996, Perry 1998, Oak 2011. The way in which project managers synchronise the availability of human and material resources with requirements has also been shifting from linear Tayloristic models towards work processes that are concurrent and multidisciplinary (Geisler andRogers 2000, Girard andRobin 2006). This shift towards concurrent engineering is needed in response to market conditions that require companies to economically create innovative systems or artefacts with high-volume distribution in fast-paced and competitive markets Eisenhardt 1995, Sonnenwald 1996).…”

A Review of Tool Support for User-Related Communication in FLOSS Development

“…the role in which they are considered as equal partners in the design process with decision-making power regarding the solution [23,35]. By relying on the model introduced by Hedberg and Iivari [33], Table 2 lists the recommended Ideas may be provided in bug trackers, mailing lists, IRC or forums, but lack support for visualization or for collaboration Tools supporting visualization and collaboration during distributed design work [30,33].…”

Improving the Effectiveness of Virtual Teams by Adapting Team Processes

“…All teams were composed of knowledge specialists working within an engineering design process (Geisler and Rogers 2000;Hammon et al 2005). Observations of the various teams, and in particular the team that remained together for 3-years, provided data on how processes evolved and how these processes were adapted to the CMC environment.…”