Gathering innovative end-user feedback for continuous development of information systems: A repeatable and transferable e-collaboration process

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-67

  Bragge, Johanna ^a   Merisalo Rantanen, Hilkka ^a   Hallikainen, Petri ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Action research (AR); Collaboration engineering (CE); End user feedback; Group support systems (GSS); Information systems (IS); ThinkLets

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

ACTION RESEARCH; COLLABORATION ENGINEERING (CE); ELECTRONIC COLLABORATION; END-USER FEEDBACK; GROUP SUPPORT SYSTEMS (GSS); INFORMATION SYSTEMS (IS);

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 15044354253     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2004.843298     Document Type: Article

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