Collaboration
- Collaboration
- the common
task during which
producers work
together to achieve a common goal and fulfill common objectives
The typical objectives of collaboration are to:
- Help each other succeed:
- Achieve a common goal.
- Fulfill common objectives.
- Fulfill common responsibilities.
- Improve quality and productivity.
- Improve communication between collaborators:
- Improve morale.
Collaboration can typically begin when the following
preconditions hold:
- Human producers interact.
- People playing roles on the endeavor have been adequately
trained (or have sufficient experience) in
collaboration.
Collaboration is typically complete when the following
postconditions hold:
- A common goal has been achieved.
- Common objectives have been fulfilled.
- Common responsibilities have been fulfilled.
Collaboration typically involves persons playing roles
performing the following steps in an iterative, incremental,
and parallel manner:
- The collaborators gather to work together.
- The collaborators work together performing either the
same or related tasks.
Collaboration can typically be performed using the following
techniques:
- Discussions.
- Meetings.
- Telephone calls.
- Electronic chats.
Collaboration typically results in the production of the
following work products in an iterative, incremental, parallel,
and time-boxed manner:
- E-mails.
- Meeting minutes.
- This task is typically ongoing during the duration of the
associated endeavor.