Evaluation of interference during collaborative document development

Author

Campbell, Jeffrey D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Syst., Maryland Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

108

Lastpage

113

Abstract

A problem with collaborative development of documents is that people can interfere with each other´s work. If unresolved, this interference can result in an incorrect document. An evaluation scenario using the development of a database design is proposed as a good context for evaluation of collaborative systems for the development of both text and diagram documents. Several metrics and measures are described for quantifying the occurrence of interference. In particular, five survey questions were added to a standard usability instrument to address interference and protection

Keywords

database management systems; document handling; groupware; systems analysis; collaborative document development; collaborative systems evaluation; database design; diagram documents; evaluation scenario; incorrect document; interference evaluation; metrics; standard usability instrument; text documents; Collaboration; Collaborative work; Companies; Databases; Erbium; Instruments; Interference; Permission; Protection; Protocols;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, 2001. WET ICE 2001. Proceedings. Tenth IEEE International Workshops on

Conference_Location

Cambridge, MA

ISSN

1080-1383

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1269-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ENABL.2001.953398

Filename

953398