An artifact defining the sequence and logic of a set of steps for attaining some set of objectives, and the conditions under which these steps will be executed (Briggs et al., 2006).
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Collaboration Engineering for Designing Self-Directed Group Efforts
Gert-Jan de Vreede (University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA, and Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands), Robert O. Briggs (University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA, and University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA), and Gwendolyn L. Kolfschoten (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Copyright: © 2008
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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-000-4.ch010
Abstract
Collaboration engineering is defined as an approach to designing collaborative work practices for highvalue recurring tasks, and deploying those designs for practitioners to execute for themselves without ongoing support from professional facilitators (Briggs, Kolfschoten, Vreede, & Dean, 2006; Briggs, Vreede, & Nunamaker, 2003; Vreede & Briggs, 2005). To enable the transition of collaboration support skills and their application by practitioners we need to be able to design easy to use, robust collaboration support, both in terms of process support and technology support. Collaboration Engineering research therefore addresses both a design and deployment challenge, that when overcome enable more sustained implementation of collaboration support. In this article, we will further explain the collaboration engineering approach; the challenge it addresses, the details of the approach and the research challenges it poses.