Exploring the use of Wikis for information sharing in interdisciplinary design

Interdisciplinary design has created challenges in design collaboration due to the difficulty in communicating and coordinating across disciplines. Many tools have been developed and used to support information sharing in design, and the use of WWW technology is becoming increasingly important for the sharing of information within design organizations. Although wikis have been claimed to support collaboration and information sharing, the backing for this claim, however, has not been rigorously assessed. My dissertation proposes to study how wikis can support information sharing in interdisciplinary design. I am conducting a field study of six interdisciplinary design projects. The research findings will expand our understanding of information sharing behavior of design professionals. It will also provide empirical evidence on the use of wikis in design work, which will be used to develop guidelines on the effective use of wikis, especially adoption and evolving use. Categories and Sub...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: GROUP
• Authors: Ammy Jiranida Phuwanartnurak
• Keywords: Applied Computing, GROUP 2009, Information Sharing, Interdisciplinary Design, Wikis