Cognitive Guidelines to Support Effective Collaboration

Abstract

The objectives of this project are: Synthesize cognitive theory of collaboration; Articulate critical knowledge for successful collaboration; Develop cognitive-based collaboration metrics; Apply theory to help teams collaborate more effectively (focus of this presentation). Research questions focus on: Critical knowledge for effective collaboration; Means to package awareness of critical knowledge to improve collaboration; Means to leverage cognitive framework to identify collaboration metrics. Summary of project status follows: Third and final year of project; Metrics summarized in handbook; Command Center Performance Assessment System; Five teams have tried out the Collaboration Advizor tool. All agreed it provided appropriate diagnosis, that its recommendations were useful, and that it helped surface and discuss critical issues; Formal evaluation planned at Navair in February; Commercial version of tool under development; Metrics and tool transitions on track.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 14, 2004
Accession Number
ADA515752

Entities

People

  • Cara Christie
  • David Noble
  • Jim Richardson
  • Jim Yeargain
  • Stacey Lakind
  • Steve Shaker

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Agreements
  • Behavior And Behavior Mechanisms
  • Behavioral Disciplines And Activities
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Case Studies
  • Command And Control
  • Command Centers
  • Cultural Diversity
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Education
  • Expert Systems
  • Knowledge Management
  • Lessons Learned
  • Teamwork
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transitions

Readers

  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.