User requirements for a web based spreadsheet-mediated collaboration

  • Authors:
  • Athula Ginige;Luca Paolino;Monica Sebillo;Richa Shrodkar;Giuliana Vitiello

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia;Università di Salerno, Italy;Università di Salerno, Italy;University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia;Università di Salerno, Italy

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

This paper reports the initial results of a research project to investigate how to develop a web based spreadsheet mediated business collaboration system that could notably enhance the business processes presently carried out by Small to Medium sized Enterprises. Using a scenario-based design approach, a set of user's requirements were extracted from an appropriate field study. These requirements were then analysed in the context of well-known usability principles, and a set of design implications were derived based on a selected set of HCI design patterns related to cooperative interaction design. Starting from that knowledge, suitable interactive collaboration scenarios have been drawn, from which a list of user interface requirements for a web based spreadsheet mediated collaboration system has been formulated.