Cutting into collaboration: understanding coordination in distributed and interdisciplinary medical research
| Item Type | Conference Paper |
|---|---|
| Author | Saeko Nomura |
| Author | Jeremy Birnholtz |
| Author | Oya Rieger |
| Author | Gilly Leshed |
| Author | Deborah Trumbull |
| Author | Geri Gay |
| URL | http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1460632 |
| Place | San Diego, CA, USA |
| Publisher | ACM |
| Pages | 427-436 |
| ISBN | 978-1-60558-007-4 |
| Date | 2008 |
| DOI | 10.1145/1460563.1460632 |
| Accessed | 2009-06-03 11:08:44 |
| Abstract | Coordinating goals, schedules, and tasks among collaborators is difficult, and made even more so when there are disciplinary, geographic and institutional boundaries that must be spanned. Designing CSCW tools to support coordination in these settings, however, requires an improved under-standing of the constraints and conflicts that impede effective collaboration. We present findings from a study of distributed collaborations between academic surgeons and biomedical engineering researchers. These two groups differ significantly in their work priorities and institutional contexts, but are nonetheless able to work together and co-ordinate effectively. They accomplish this via human mediation, frequent ad hoc communication, and optimizing the use of their limited face-to-face interaction opportunities. |
| Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the ACM 2008 conference on Computer supported cooperative work |
| Short Title | Cutting into collaboration |
| archive | ACM |
| Date Added | 2009-06-03 15:51 |
| Added By | Lisa Spiro |
| Date Modified | 2009-06-03 15:51 |