Research Article
User-centered development of social collaboration software
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.collaboratecom.2011.247146, author={Raja Gumienny and Lutz Gericke and Markus Dreseler and Sebastian Meyer and Christoph Meinel}, title={User-centered development of social collaboration software}, proceedings={Collaborative Communities for Social Сomputing}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={CCSOCIALCOMP}, year={2012}, month={4}, keywords={user-centered social networks collaboration whiteboard asynchronous}, doi={10.4108/icst.collaboratecom.2011.247146} }- Raja Gumienny
Lutz Gericke
Markus Dreseler
Sebastian Meyer
Christoph Meinel
Year: 2012
User-centered development of social collaboration software
CCSOCIALCOMP
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/icst.collaboratecom.2011.247146
Abstract
Social networking functions make their way through more and more applications for private and professional use as they encourage participation and content contribution. However, designing and implementing components that attract users and truly support content creation is not a trivial task. In this paper, we present our user-centered approach of integrating social network components into a collaboration software system. The Tele-Board system is designed for supporting creative teams in their synchronous and asynchronous whiteboard work via distances. Especially for creating awareness on who did what when and documenting the project progress in general, special functions were needed. We present our procedure and challenges as well as the implementation and user feedback on the new components.