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SOME COLLABORATIVE WORK EXPERIENCES
- Important to plan the collaborative work on documents with regard to choice of atomic level at different work stages to avoid re-examining whole documents/chapters;
- Establish versioning routines for documents and program source codes;
- Establish routines for long term back-up and document maintenance (both physical and logical);
- If you base your work on using digital information containers they must be easily accessible both physically (near to Internet/intranet access points via wireless connection or fixed points) and logically (network domain access);
- Permanent wall display units in meeting and lecture rooms are of great advantage;
- Be aware that most people are not familiar with paperless way of working;
- Provide easy instructions for use of communication tools (remote and local control of cameras in video conferencing, setting up of desk-top groupware);
- Distant video/sound connection over Internet, e.g. over a CuSeeMe reflector is only adequate using very low image update;
- Very good social connections may be achieved through remote connections though wishes for better eye and body language contact is reported;
- Shared applications work very well both for collaborative production work and creative sketching;
- Possibilities to continuously document the decision/collaboration process should be better;
- Creative work often requires physical round table contact.
Per Christiansson 4.2001 (2.2001) [9.1999]
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