An analysis of design and collaboration in a distributed environment

  • Authors:
  • Hans Marmolin;Yngve Sundblad;Björn Pehrson

  • Affiliations:
  • IPlab, NADA, Stockholm, Sweden;IPlab, NADA, Stockholm, Sweden;SICS, Kista, Sweden

  • Venue:
  • ECSCW'91 Proceedings of the second conference on European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
  • Year:
  • 1991

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Abstract

The Swedish MultiG program addresses research issues in distributed multimedia workstation applications, including CSCW, and high-speed networks. This report treats some basic CSCW issues in a distributed design environment. We review and analyse relevant literature on system design and computer supported cooperation and discusses the basic issues: What is design? What is collaboration in design? What computer support is necessary for collaboration in a distributed design environment? A task analysis is performed of design and collaboration. Computer support for these tasks in a distributed environment is discussed with emphasis on generic tools for informal collaboration.