Title :
Design and evaluation of activity model-based groupware: methodological issues
Author :
Gauducheau, N. ; Soulier, E. ; Lewkowicz, M.
Author_Institution :
ISTIT-Tech-CICO - CNRS, Univ. of Technol. of Troyes, France
Abstract :
This article presents methodological issues on evaluation related to the design process of the tool being evaluated. We emphasize the different variables which are important to take into account, and the links between them. We illustrate our approach with the presentation of a groupware for collective sensemaking (Sum it up) based on a theoretical activity model coming from social sciences, and a first evaluation of this groupware.
Keywords :
groupware; software performance evaluation; activity model-based groupware; collective sensemaking; groupware evaluation; theoretical activity model; Buildings; Collaboration; Collaborative software; Collaborative tools; Collaborative work; Conferences; Iterative methods; Process design; Production; Stress;
Conference_Titel :
Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprise, 2005. 14th IEEE International Workshops on
Conference_Location :
Linkoping
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2362-5
DOI :
10.1109/WETICE.2005.30
