TeamBuilder: a hyper-information environment for augmenting global collaborative work

Author

Karduck, Achim

Author_Institution

Dept. of Telematics, Freiburg Univ., Germany

fYear

1994

fDate

16-19 May 1994

Firstpage

37138

Lastpage

38964

Abstract

In this paper, the design and use of TeamBuilder, a new CSCW concept and prototype that demonstrates how to support team building and teamwork by combining elements of network-wide hypermedia, group user interfaces and coordination technology, is described. TeamBuilder enables the building of hyper-information networks as a group activity, and offers coordination support that is flexible in terms of human involvement. It takes advantage of the shift from centralized to decentralized configurations of systems architectures, where information generation and structuring can be done in the user´s personal working environment

Keywords

computer networks; groupware; hypermedia; multimedia communication; office automation; user interfaces; CSCW; TeamBuilder; global collaborative work; group activity; group user interfaces; human involvement; hyper-information environment; hyper-information networks; network-wide hypermedia; personal working environment; prototype; team building; teamwork; Buildings; Collaborative work; Computer architecture; Humans; Informatics; Prototypes; Space technology; Teamwork; Telematics; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Multimedia Communications, 1994. MULTIMEDIA '94., 5th IEEE COMSOC International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Kyoto

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWMC.1994.601243

Filename

601243