Studying the Effect of Delay on Group Performance in Collaborative Editing

Claudia Lavinia Ignat; Gérald Oster; Meagan Newman; Valerie Shalin; François Charoy

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-10831-5_29

Studying the Effect of Delay on Group Performance in Collaborative Editing

Claudia Lavinia Ignat, Gérald Oster, Meagan Newman, Valerie Shalin, François Charoy

Psychology

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Abstract

Real-time collaborative editing systems such as Google Drive are increasingly common. However, no prior work questioned the maximum acceptable delay for real-time collaboration or the efficacy of compensatory strategies. In this study we examine the performance consequences of simulated network delay on an artificial collaborative document editing task with a time constant and metrics for process and outcome suitable for experimental study. Results suggest that strategy influences task outcome at least as much as delay in the distribution of work in progress. However, a paradoxical interaction between delay and strategy emerged, in which the more generally effective, but highly coupled strategy was also more sensitive to delay.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering
Subtitle of host publication	11th International Conference, CDVE 2014, Seattle, WA, USA, September 14-17, 2014. Proceedings
Editors	Yuhua Luo
Publisher	Springer Cham
Pages	191-198
Number of pages	8
Volume	8683
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-10831-5
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-10830-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10831-5_29
State	Published - 2014
Event	11th International Conference on Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering - Seattle, United States Duration: Sep 14 2014 → Sep 17 2014 Conference number: 11

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743

Conference

Conference	11th International Conference on Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering
Abbreviated title	CDVE 2014
Country/Territory	United States
City	Seattle
Period	9/14/14 → 9/17/14

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

Keywords

Collaborative editing
Delay
Groupware
Usability measurement

Disciplines

Psychology
Sociology

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Ignat, C. L., Oster, G., Newman, M., Shalin, V., & Charoy, F. (2014). Studying the Effect of Delay on Group Performance in Collaborative Editing. In Y. Luo (Ed.), Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering : 11th International Conference, CDVE 2014, Seattle, WA, USA, September 14-17, 2014. Proceedings (Vol. 8683, pp. 191-198). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). Springer Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10831-5_29

Studying the Effect of Delay on Group Performance in Collaborative Editing. / Ignat, Claudia Lavinia; Oster, Gérald; Newman, Meagan et al.
Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering : 11th International Conference, CDVE 2014, Seattle, WA, USA, September 14-17, 2014. Proceedings. ed. / Yuhua Luo. Vol. 8683 Springer Cham, 2014. p. 191-198 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Ignat, CL, Oster, G, Newman, M, Shalin, V & Charoy, F 2014, Studying the Effect of Delay on Group Performance in Collaborative Editing. in Y Luo (ed.), Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering : 11th International Conference, CDVE 2014, Seattle, WA, USA, September 14-17, 2014. Proceedings. vol. 8683, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Springer Cham, pp. 191-198, 11th International Conference on Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering, Seattle, Washington, United States, 9/14/14. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10831-5_29

Ignat CL, Oster G, Newman M, Shalin V, Charoy F. Studying the Effect of Delay on Group Performance in Collaborative Editing. In Luo Y, editor, Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering : 11th International Conference, CDVE 2014, Seattle, WA, USA, September 14-17, 2014. Proceedings. Vol. 8683. Springer Cham. 2014. p. 191-198. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-10831-5_29

Ignat, Claudia Lavinia ; Oster, Gérald ; Newman, Meagan et al. / Studying the Effect of Delay on Group Performance in Collaborative Editing. Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering : 11th International Conference, CDVE 2014, Seattle, WA, USA, September 14-17, 2014. Proceedings. editor / Yuhua Luo. Vol. 8683 Springer Cham, 2014. pp. 191-198 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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