TY - GEN
T1 - Cutting into collaboration
T2 - 2008 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW 08
AU - Nomura, Saeko
AU - Birnholtz, Jeremy
AU - Rieger, Oya
AU - Leshed, Gilly
AU - Trumbull, Deborah
AU - Gay, Geri
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Coordinating goals, schedules, and tasks among collaborators is difficult, and made even more so when there are disciplinary, geographic and institutional boundaries that must be spanned. Designing CSCW tools to support coordination in these settings, however, requires an improved under-standing of the constraints and conflicts that impede effective collaboration. We present findings from a study of distributed collaborations between academic surgeons and biomedical engineering researchers. These two groups differ significantly in their work priorities and institutional contexts, but are nonetheless able to work together and co-ordinate effectively. They accomplish this via human mediation, frequent ad hoc communication, and optimizing the use of their limited face-to-face interaction opportunities.
AB - Coordinating goals, schedules, and tasks among collaborators is difficult, and made even more so when there are disciplinary, geographic and institutional boundaries that must be spanned. Designing CSCW tools to support coordination in these settings, however, requires an improved under-standing of the constraints and conflicts that impede effective collaboration. We present findings from a study of distributed collaborations between academic surgeons and biomedical engineering researchers. These two groups differ significantly in their work priorities and institutional contexts, but are nonetheless able to work together and co-ordinate effectively. They accomplish this via human mediation, frequent ad hoc communication, and optimizing the use of their limited face-to-face interaction opportunities.
KW - Coordination issues
KW - Design implication
KW - Distributed and interdisciplinary research teams
KW - Ethnography
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U2 - 10.1145/1460563.1460632
DO - 10.1145/1460563.1460632
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77950820891
SN - 9781605580074
T3 - Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW
SP - 427
EP - 436
BT - CSCW 08 - Conference Proceedings, 2008 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Y2 - 8 November 2008 through 12 November 2008
ER -