TEAM RADAR - Visualizing Team Memories

Cong Chen, Kang Zhang

2011

Abstract

In distributed software teams, awareness information is often lost due to communication restrictions. Researchers have attempted to retain team awareness by sharing change information across workspaces. The major challenge is how to convey information to readers effectively while avoiding information overload. In this paper, we address the benefit of delivering fine-grained awareness information, and present a new technique and prototype implementation for its capture and visualization. We also discuss how visual techniques and metaphors could promote user collaboration.

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Chen C. and Zhang K. (2011). TEAM RADAR - Visualizing Team Memories . In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE, ISBN 978-989-8425-57-7, pages 114-120. DOI: 10.5220/0003464201140120


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Chen C. and Zhang K. (2011). TEAM RADAR - Visualizing Team Memories . In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE, ISBN 978-989-8425-57-7, pages 114-120. DOI: 10.5220/0003464201140120


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@conference{enase11,
author={Cong Chen and Kang Zhang},
title={TEAM RADAR - Visualizing Team Memories},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE,},
year={2011},
pages={114-120},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003464201140120},
isbn={978-989-8425-57-7},
}


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@conference{enase11,
author={Cong Chen and Kang Zhang},
title={TEAM RADAR - Visualizing Team Memories},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE,},
year={2011},
pages={114-120},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003464201140120},
isbn={978-989-8425-57-7},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE,
TI - TEAM RADAR - Visualizing Team Memories
SN - 978-989-8425-57-7
AU - Chen C.
AU - Zhang K.
PY - 2011
SP - 114
EP - 120
DO - 10.5220/0003464201140120