Paper Info
Title
Identifying The Awareness Mechanisms For Mobile Collaborative Applications
Abstract
The complexity of modeling collaborative systems has been broadly recognized by the CSCW community. Mobile collaborative applications are a particular case of those systems, where design requirements and constraints are even more complex than in stationary solutions. Design complexity in mobile application increases because mobility changes the interaction requirements of nomadic users and the capabilities of devices to support them. Consequently, the awareness support provided by these systems should also be adjusted according to the nomadic users' context. This article presents a method that helps identifying the awareness mechanisms required by nomadic users to support a certain activity. The method, named Awareness Identification Method for Mobile Applications (AIMMA), suggests particular awareness components embedded in mobile collaborative applications, which will increase the interaction possibilities of users participating in a collaborative process. AIMMA can be used by software developers as a design guideline. This article reports the results of a proof of concept where the proposed method helped identifying suitable awareness mechanisms to improve the collaboration support of a mobile application. This method could also be extended to help identify, e.g., the services required by mobile workers to support their interactions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1007/978-3-642-41347-6_18
COLLABORATION AND TECHNOLOGY, CRIWG 2013
Keywords
Field
DocType
Mobile collaboration, awareness mechanisms, software design, users interaction, system evaluation
Mobile computing,Mobile collaboration,Software design,Computer-supported cooperative work,Collaboration,Computer science,System evaluation,Proof of concept,Software,Human–computer interaction
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
8224
0302-9743
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
15
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Valeria Herskovic122423.12
Sergio F. Ochoa282393.70
José A. Pino378289.55
Pedro Antunes438948.75
Emilio G. Ormeño511.37