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- Title
Digital Boundary Objects as Negotiation Facilitators: Spanning Boundaries in Virtual Engineering Project Networks.
- Authors
Alin, Pauli; Iorio, Josh; Taylor, John E.
- Abstract
Advances in electronic communication tools have enabled collaborative engineering work to be conducted in virtual project networks that utilize 'digital boundary objects' to exchange complex design knowledge. However, little is known about whether and how digital boundary objects facilitate negotiations in virtual settings that feature real-time communication. This article addresses this gap by exploring the role of digital boundary objects in negotiating complex design knowledge in a three-dimensional (3-D) virtual workspace. The authors found that digital boundary objects facilitate negotiations through a three-stage process of structuring negotiation space, structuring knowledge in the structured negotiation space, and framing combinations of structured knowledge.
- Subjects
VIRTUAL design; VIRTUAL reality in engineering; SHARED virtual environments; ENGINEERING -- Computer network resources; ENGINEERING management; ENGINEERING
- Publication
Project Management Journal, 2013, Vol 44, Issue 3, p48
- ISSN
8756-9728
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/pmj.21339