The design of computer supported cooperative work and groupware systems

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The design of computer supported cooperative work and groupware systems

edited by Dan Shapiro, Michael Tauber, and Roland Traunmüller

(Human factors in information technology / series editors, Hans-Jörg Bullinger, Peter G. Polson ; assistant series editors, Klaus-Peter Fähnrich, Jürgen Ziegler, 12)

North-Holland , Elsevier, c1996

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Papers originating in a workshop held in Schärding, Austria in June 1993, and substantially developed and with specially commissioned further chapters added

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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Description

This work looks at the design of computer-supported co-operative work and groupware systems. Topics covered include: ethnology and design; requirements and principles for groupware design; CSCW languages and environments; combining approaches; and re-evaluting CSCW systems.

Table of Contents

Introduction: A Technology for the Information Society (D. Shapiro). Ethnography and Design. Section introduction: Ethnography and design (L.J. Bannon). Ethnographic workplace studies and CSCW (B. Jordan). Paperwork and its lessons for database systems: An initial assessment (J. Hughes et al. ). Requirements and Principles for Groupware Design. Section Introduction: Requirements and principles for groupware design (G. van der Veer). Requirements for the human centred design of groupware (T. Herrmann et al. ). Approaching design for integrated CSCW-DAI systems (D.E. Mahling). Incorporating multiple levels of information processing in CSCW: An integrated design approach (K. Sengupta, D. Te'eni). Metaphors as requirements analysis tools : The market metaphor in CSCW system design (P. Mambrey). CSCW Languages and Environments. Section introduction: CSCW languages and environments (S. Kaplan, D. Shapiro). Putting it all together: Requirements for a CSCW platform (K. Schmidt, T. Rodden). A CSCW design tool based on generic objects (I. Hawryszkiewycz). Modelling co-operative work settings with active workspaces (W. Prinz et al. ). VENUS: A tele-communication environment to support awareness for informal interactions (N. Matsuura et al. ). Feedback in computer supported co-operation systems: User interface design for a talk-like tool (F. Penz et al. ). A LOTOS specification of a CSCW tool (J. Rekers, I. Sprinkhuizen-Kuyper). Combining Approaches. Section introduction: Combining approaches (B. Hewitt). Coping with active subjects: The emergence of CSCW from IS and HCI traditions (K. Kuutti). Ferrets in a sack? Ethnographic studies and task analysis in CSCW (D. Shapiro). A contingency model for groupware design (D. Bell, P. Johnson). Information systems in public administration: From transaction processing in computer supported co-operative work (T. Schal). Re-evaluating CSCW Systems. Section introduction: Re-evaluating CSCW systems (K. Schmidt). System design for cooperative work in the language action perspective: A case study of THE CO-ORDINATOR (T. Schal). Issues in the design of collaborative systems: Lessons from conversation builder (D. Bogia et al. ). Use, design and evaluation: Steps towards an integration (L.J. Bannon). Beyond design: Social learning and computer-supported co-operative work - some lessons from innovation studies (R. Procter, R. Williams).

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