An organizational view of design communication in design collaboration

✍ Scribed by Mao-Lin Chiu

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 424 KB
• Volume: 23
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0142-694X
• DOI: 10.1016/s0142-694x(01)00019-9

✦ Synopsis

Design collaboration requires participation of individuals and coordination of design information and tasks. Team organization is one of the major tasks in design collaboration, because it can affect design communication and performance. This paper provides a basic understanding of the role of organization in design collaboration and how it affects design communication and collaboration by empirical case studies and design experiments. The results of case studies in architectural practice and design studios and a process model of design collaboration are presented. The study suggests that a structured organization can facilitate design communication and consequently contribute to the success of the design project. Computer supported collaborative work requires managing design tasks as well as information flows, and supporting three levels of communication, including individual, group and project. k