Identifying requirements for communication support: A maturity grid-inspired approach

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 663-672

  Maier, Anja M ^a   Eckert, Claudia M ^a   John Clarkson, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaborative design; Communication assessment; Communication support; Maturity grid

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

COLLABORATIVE DESIGN; COMMUNICATION ASSESSMENT; COMMUNICATION SUPPORT; MATURITY GRID;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33746092866     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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