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| Asynchronous communication |
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| Information exchange that occurs when all members of a work team do not meet at the same time, such as those who work different shifts or in different locations. |
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| A dynamic process: a group of people working together to achieve common objectives via communication and iteration. |
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| Collaborative information system |
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| An information system that supports collaboration. |
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| A process where a group of people work together, all doing essentially the same type of work, to accomplish a job. |
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| A form of asynchronous communication in which one group member posts an entry and other group members respond. A better form of group communication than email, because it is more difficult for the discussion to go off track. |
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| A named collection of documents in SharePoint. |
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| The process of using a product or idea that you develop or promote. The term arose in the 1980s in the software industry when someone observed that their company wasn’t using the product they developed. |
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| A computer that stores files. |
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| A free thin-client application for sharing documents, presentations, spreadsheets, drawings, and other data. |
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| The technique that occurs when the collaboration tool limits, and sometimes even directs, user activity. Iteration control provides one or more of the following options: user activity limited by permissions, document checkout, version histories. |
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| Tracks changes to documents and provide features and functions to accommodate concurrent work. |
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| In version-control collaboration systems, a shared directory that allows access to various documents by means of permissions. |
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| A communication tool that provides IM, audio, and video conferencing, a shared whiteboard for team members to write upon, and other shared facilities. |
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| Part of the Microsoft Windows Live service that gives users access to a virtual hard drive accessible from anywhere via the Internet. |
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| Versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote that are run in the browser. They have less functionality than the desktop versions but are free and easily accessed via the Web. |
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| The condition that exists when two or more workers perform a task concurrently. A common example is concurrent review of a document. |
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| A graph that shows the relationship of the power (the utility that one gains from a software product) as a function of the time using that product. |
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| Data that is part of the collaboration’s work product. |
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| The process of applying principles and techniques for planning, organizing, and monitoring temporary endeavors. |
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| Data that is used to manage a project such as schedules, tasks, budgets, and other managerial data. |
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| Screen-sharing applications |
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| Enable virtual meeting members to view the same whiteboard, application, or other display. |
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| The condition that exists when two or more workers perform a task one-at-a-time. A common example is the sequential review of a document. |
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| Synchronous communication |
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| Information exchange that occurs when all members of a work team meet at the same time, such as face-to-face meetings or conference calls. |
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| A form of asynchronous communication in which one team member creates a list of questions and other team members respond. Microsoft SharePoint has built-in survey capability. |
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| Technology that combines a conference call with video cameras. |
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| A meeting in which participants do not meet in the same place and possibly not at the same time. |
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| A virtual meeting in which attendees view each other on their computer screens. |
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| A process or procedure by which content is created, edited, used, and disposed. |
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