Analyzing shared workspaces design with human-performance models

  • Authors:
  • Pedro Antunes;Antonio Ferreira;Jose A. Pino

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Informatics, University of Lisbon, Portugal;Department of Informatics, University of Lisbon, Portugal;Department of Computer Science, Universidad de Chile, Chile

  • Venue:
  • CRIWG'06 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Groupware: design, implementation, and use
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

We propose an analytic method to evaluate synchronous shared workspaces design. The method uses human-performance models, developed in the Human-Computer Interaction field, to make time predictions about collaborative actions performed in selected critical scenarios. We apply this method to two case studies: the design of a collaborative game and the redesign of a collaborative tool for software engineering requirements negotiation. The benefits and limitations of the method are discussed, as well as some implications for design.