Meetings of the board: the impact of scheduling medium on long term group coordination in software development

Computer Supported Cooperative Work: CSCW: An International Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 175-205

  Whittaker, Steve ^a   Schwarz, Heinrich ^b  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; GROUPWARE; SCHEDULING; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

COORDINATION PROBLEMS; ELECTRONIC GROUP TOOLS; GROUP MEMORY;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033321713     PISSN: 09259724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008603001894     Document Type: Article

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