An overview of cognitive factors in distributed design

Author

Lang, Sherman ; Dickinson, John ; Buchal, Ralph

Author_Institution

Integrated Manuf. Technol. Inst., Nat. Res. Council of Canada, London, Ont., Canada

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

190

Lastpage

197

Abstract

Engineering design is being carried out by distributed design teams in an effort to use expert human resources more efficiently. Efforts to support distributed teams often neglect cognitive factors such as the social functions being fulfilled and limitations in the ability of humans to perceive, contextualise, process and recall information. The support needs of distributed design are reviewed from this cognitive viewpoint using five broad categories: design methodology, collaboration, teamwork, knowledge management, design representation

Keywords

CAD; bibliographies; cognitive systems; groupware; user interfaces; cognitive factors; cognitive viewpoint; collaboration; design methodology; design representation; distributed design teams; engineering design; expert human resources; knowledge management; social functions; support needs; teamwork; Councils; Design engineering; Design methodology; Humans; Information analysis; Knowledge management; Manufacturing; Process design; Software tools; Teamwork;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, The Sixth International Conference on, 2001

Conference_Location

London, Ont.

Print_ISBN

0-660-18493-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSCWD.2001.942255

Filename

942255