Task analysis for groupware usability evaluation: Modeling shared-workspace tasks with the mechanics of collaboration

ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 281-311

  Pinelle, David ^a   Gutwin, Carl ^a   Greenberg, Saul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Groupware evaluation; Groupware usability; Mechanics of collaboration; Task analysis

Indexed keywords

GROUPWARE EVALUATION; GROUPWARE USABILITY; MECHANICS OF COLLABORATION; TASK ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

GROUPWARE;

EID: 3042813207     PISSN: 10730516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/966930.966932     Document Type: Article

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