Title :
An Evaluation Framework For Distributed Collaboration Tools
Author :
Christian, David ; Rotenstreich, Shmuel
Author_Institution :
Comput. Sci. Dept., George Washington Univ., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
This paper provides an approach to evaluating collaboration tools for distributed teams. Selected tool characteristics that increase tool usefulness will be presented and this set of characteristics will be used as the evaluation framework. The value of each tool will be determined by the amount of characteristic presence. A number of tools will be evaluated with this framework.
Keywords :
distributed processing; groupware; distributed collaboration tools; distributed teams; evaluation framework; software collaboration tools; Calendars; Collaborative software; Collaborative tools; Collaborative work; Communication channels; Computer science; Context awareness; International collaboration; Software tools; Visualization; and visualization; asynchronous collaboration; awareness; calendar assist; collaboration tools; computer supported Ccooperative work; context persistence; coordination;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology: New Generations (ITNG), 2010 Seventh International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6270-4
DOI :
10.1109/ITNG.2010.260
