Collaboration Process

10 Steps to Cohesive Collaboration by CIOinsight.  A short video that presents a point-of-view on key elements of successful collaboration for adding value to business.

Collaboration 2.0.  Oliver Marks offers a frequently updated blog on points-of-view, interviews with insiders, and technologies and tools.

Collaboration framework.  A framework/model for creating and enabling collaborative environment: Define Business Needs, Find Collaborators, Connect Collaborators, Create Value, Evaluate Business Results.

Collaborating for Improved Product Development by BNET Editorial.  Article makes a case for collaborative product development and outlines: What You Need to Know, What to do, and what to avoid.

The Collaborative Organization by Rachel Conerly, Tim Kelley and John Mitchell.  Authors define collaboration and outline how it works, followed by prescription for collaboration in practice: 1. Identify problem, 2. Involve all relevant stakeholders, 3. Create a collaborative plan, and 4. Design and facilitate collaborative meeting.

What factors determine the quality of collaborative processes? by Joseph P McMahon.  From definition to assessing collaborative processes, for the following collaborative factors: Competent representation, Diversity, Collaborative attitude, Effective communication, Collaborative structure, and Collaborative context.

Collaborative Authoring Decreases Time to Market. The BT Group’s strategy is a combination of outsourcing content production and having the capability to continue to produce local content. The local training has to be produced rapidly and inexpensively, meet certain standards, and load easily onto BT’s learning management system, which is called Route2Learn (SumTotal). Recently, after assessing requirements and capabilities, the group decided to implement a collaborative system for authoring, managing and deploying learning content. The article outlines the process – Defining Requirements, Selecting a Solution, Extending the Scope – followed by lessons learned.

Seven steps to intelligent collaboration.  Article focuses on A collaborative approach to supply chain management. Here are the steps: 1. Strategic Planning 2. Resource Allocation 3. Realistic Timeframe 4. Measurement for Reward 5. IT Integration 6. Commitment and Buy-in at all Levels 7. Visibility.

Strategies for Engaging Scientists in Collaborative Processes. Authors contrast collaborative and scientific problem-solving processes. Authors conclude that: “The natural resource management issues that are addressed through collaborative processes are complex issues that involve more than one area of expertise. Physical, natural, and social scientists, and engineers and accountants each bring different expertise to the table. All have correct and useful information to add, but no one discipline or interest has the "right" answer because the questions are more complex than that. All of these experts must learn from, as well as educate, the other participants.”