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Geographic separation sharply cuts opportunities for informal interaction.
“Opportunities for informal interactions are greatly reduced by geographic distance between collaborators [93,132].”
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Temporal distance decreases the number of opportunities for informal communication.
“Furthermore, as with geographic distance, temporal distance decreases the number of opportunities for informal communication [93,132] since the window in which all collaborators are available is small.”
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Follow-the-sun methodologies, if used effectively, can result in efficient 24/7 productivity because work can be completed by one team member during another's off hours.
“Follow-the-sun methodologies, if used effectively, can result in efficient, 24/7 productivity since work can be completed by one team member during another's off hours [2,93,103].”
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Many organizations arrange for co-located team members to work on tightly coupled aspects while distance workers tackle loosely coupled parts, facilitated by deconstructing tasks into smaller pieces.
“To combat the challenges associated with relying on tightly coupled work, many organizations take a social approach that arranges for co-located team members to work on tightly coupled aspects of the project while distance workers tackle loosely coupled parts [64,193], facilitated by deconstructing tasks into smaller pieces [93].”
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- Authors
- Grinter, R. E.
- Affiliations
- Palo Alto Research Center (US)
- Corresponding author
- Grinter, Rebecca E.
- ORCID
- Grinter, Rebecca E.
- Venue
- Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
- Published
- 2003-09
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 297-327
- ISSN
- 0925-9724 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-7551
- OpenAlex
- W2055221909
- Cited by
- 42
- References
- 36
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 3.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Information Systems Theories and Implementation
- Keywords
- software dependencies, software integration, organizational response, software development, configuration management, environmental disturbance, organizational change, software development teams
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