Collaborative design: Managing task interdependencies and multiple perspectives

Françoise Détienne
2006 Interacting with computers  
This paper focuses on two characteristics of collaborative design with respect to cooperative work: the importance of work interdependencies linked to the nature of design problems; and the fundamental function of design cooperative work arrangement which is the confrontation and combination of perspectives. These two intrinsic characteristics of the design work stress specific cooperative processes: coordination processes in order to manage task interdependencies, establishment of common
more » ... and negotiation mechanisms in order to manage the integration of multiple perspectives in design.
doi:10.1016/j.intcom.2005.05.001 fatcat:iw4fzl3hkfdvdlokd6vpvfbpzy