Authors:
Luma Ferreira
;
Juliana de Melo Bezerra
and
Celso Massaki Hirata
Affiliation:
Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, Brazil
Keyword(s):
Collaborative Management, Project Management, CSCW, Informal Project.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Applications
;
Collaborative and Social Interaction
;
Collaborative Computing
;
Databases and Information Systems Integration
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Human-Computer Interaction
;
Information Systems Analysis and Specification
;
Mobile Databases
;
Operational Research
;
Project Management
;
Software Agents and Internet Computing
Abstract:
Informal projects, such as elaborating a schoolwork, organizing a social event, and planning a trip, are
performed commonly in groups. Current approaches of project management are complex, rigorous, and do
not explicitly exhibit the flexibility to manage informal projects. We propose an approach based on
cooperative work concepts in order to support the participation of members in the collaborative management
of informal projects. The proposed approach requires a tool support for the collaborative management. Aiming
to verify the effectiveness of the approach, we developed and employed a mobile application to support
collaborative management of informal projects. Two case studies were conducted to investigate if the
approach, along with the tool, assists in the management activities and encourages participation of project’s
members. Our preliminary results show that the approach improves planning and monitoring and control
during project management, encourages the participat
ion of members and helps in the recognition of members
compared to existing approaches.
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