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6 books on Collaboration Software [PDF]
Updated: February 09, 2024 | 26 |
Books on collaboration software are essential resources for startups specializing in this field, as they offer a deep understanding of the dynamics and technologies necessary for creating effective collaboration tools. These publications cover a range of topics, including user experience design, project management, real-time communication, cloud-based solutions, and security considerations, providing startups with the foundational knowledge needed to develop robust and user-friendly collaboration software. They often include case studies and industry insights, helping startups identify market trends and user needs.
1. Reimagining Collaboration: Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and the Post-COVID World of Work
2021 by Phil Simon
In the last half-decade, organizations widely embraced Slack, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams, and the onset of COVID-19 acted as a catalyst, fueling this digital transformation. However, a common misconception lingers, treating these platforms merely as Email 2.0. In doing so, we overlook the remarkable potential they hold for cultivating collaborative work environments, enhancing transparency, streamlining manual tasks, reducing work-related stress, simplifying core business operations, and much more. Rather than attributing this oversight to malice, it's a case of ignorance. Until now, a comprehensive framework for harnessing the true power of these collaboration technologies has been absent. In "Reimagining Collaboration," Phil Simon, an acclaimed author and technology expert, presents the much-needed framework, offering practical guidance to companies and teams on how to revolutionize their work methodologies with a novel, all-encompassing model rooted in the concept of hubs and spokes.
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2. Global Project Management: Communication, Collaboration and Management Across Borders
2016 by Jean Binder
"Global Project Management: Communication, Collaboration, and Management Across Borders" offers comprehensive insights into the transformation of your organization and project management strategies to excel in the context of contemporary business landscapes, characterized by dispersed expertise, 24/7 operations, and virtual team dynamics. This book extends beyond mere suggestions for collaborative tools, delving into the realm of best practices for effectively managing cross-cultural teams and international communication. It provides recommendations for organizational adaptations, project structure enhancements, and innovative approaches for implementing these new practices and methodologies. Brimming with practical real-life examples and techniques, the book demonstrates how to seamlessly integrate these recommendations into the successful management of any global project.
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3. Online Communication and Collaboration: A Reader
2012 by Helen Donelan, Karen Kear, Magnus Ramage
In recent years, the Internet has witnessed a surge in online communication and collaboration, with the advent of social networking, Web 2.0, and virtual worlds taking center stage. While these trends may seem like entirely new phenomena, they draw from a rich heritage of technologies and interactions. "Online Communication and Collaboration: A Reader" presents a timely collection of articles that explore these themes from a variety of perspectives, encompassing both classic and contemporary insights. Notably, the book takes a comprehensive approach, considering a broad spectrum of technologies - a departure from other works that often focus on just a few forms of collaboration technology. It combines academic and popular articles, offering a balance between scholarly rigor and readability. The book is organized into eight sections, covering the foundational principles of online communication and collaboration, as well as contemporary collaboration technologies like wikis, instant messaging, virtual worlds, and social networking sites. These modern communication tools are not only examined in terms of their current interactions but also in the context of the lessons that can be gleaned from their technological predecessors. Additionally, the book features an in-depth case study on online collaboration, using open-source software as a prime example. "Online Communication and Collaboration: A Reader" is highly relevant for a wide array of higher education courses in fields related to soft computing, information systems, cultural and media studies, and communications theory.
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4. Collaborative Software Engineering
2010 by Ivan Mistrík, John Grundy, André van der Hoek, Jim Whitehead
"Collaborative Software Engineering" underscores the pivotal role of collaboration in contemporary software engineering, spanning interactions from end-users to developers. Collaboration manifests in various ways, including cooperative problem-solving, conflict resolution through negotiation, the establishment of shared definitions, and the influence of both social and technical aspects on software development endeavors. The central challenge lies in not only ensuring effective individual contributions within a team of developers but also achieving a collective output that surpasses the sum of its constituent parts. This book, curated by its accomplished editors, assembles a diverse array of authors who have collectively contributed to a definitive body of work addressing a broad spectrum of issues in the realm of collaborative software engineering. The volume is thoughtfully organized into four sections, preceded by an overarching editorial chapter that provides an in-depth exploration of the collaborative software engineering domain. These sections cover characterizing collaborative software engineering, tools and techniques, organizational considerations, and emerging issues in the field. Consequently, this book offers a comprehensive and up-to-date review, including empirical findings, serving as a valuable resource for researchers in academia and industry specializing in software process management, empirical software engineering, and global software development. Practitioners in this domain will also find the book's detailed descriptions and reports useful as practical guidelines to enhance their daily work.
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5. Challenges in Virtual Collaboration: Videoconferencing, Audioconferencing, and Computer-Mediated Communications
2004 by Lynne Wainfan, Paul K. Davis
This book offers a comprehensive overview of the research literature exploring the influence of communication mediums (videoconferencing, audioconferencing, and computer-mediated conferencing) on the processes and outcomes of virtual collaborations. It delves into strategies for mitigating challenges that arise in mediated collaboration and provides recommendations for selecting the most suitable medium, considering factors such as task requirements and contextual considerations, including the incorporation of face-to-face communication and hybrid systems when necessary.
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6. Computer-Supported Collaboration: With Applications to Software Development
2003 by Fadi P. Deek, James A. M. McHugh
"In the era of networked computing and the ever-increasing complexity of software development, the significance of computer-supported collaborative work (CSCW) has undergone a remarkable surge. Globalization has heightened the demand for collaboration, while the advent of the Web has made geographically dispersed collaborative systems technically viable in ways that were once inconceivable. These software environments, known as Groupware, have emerged to address the logistical, managerial, social, organizational, and cognitive challenges inherent in leveraging distributed expertise. These challenges represent the core issues in the evolution of process management. "Computer-Supported Collaboration with Applications to Software Development" delves into the theory of collaborative groups and the myriad factors influencing collaboration, particularly within the realm of collaborative software development. These influences draw from a diverse array of sources, encompassing social and cognitive psychology, media attributes, group problem-solving behavior, process management, group information processing, and organizational effects. The book also surveys empirical studies on computer-supported problem solving, with a special focus on software development. The concluding chapter presents a collaborative model for program development. This book caters to both the academic and professional segments of the software development arena, serving as a valuable resource for professionals and researchers in software engineering, collaborative development, management information systems, problem-solving, and cognitive and social psychology. Additionally, it fulfills the needs of graduate-level students in computer science and information systems."
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1. Reimagining Collaboration: Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and the Post-COVID World of Work
2021 by Phil Simon
In the last half-decade, organizations widely embraced Slack, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams, and the onset of COVID-19 acted as a catalyst, fueling this digital transformation. However, a common misconception lingers, treating these platforms merely as Email 2.0. In doing so, we overlook the remarkable potential they hold for cultivating collaborative work environments, enhancing transparency, streamlining manual tasks, reducing work-related stress, simplifying core business operations, and much more. Rather than attributing this oversight to malice, it's a case of ignorance. Until now, a comprehensive framework for harnessing the true power of these collaboration technologies has been absent. In "Reimagining Collaboration," Phil Simon, an acclaimed author and technology expert, presents the much-needed framework, offering practical guidance to companies and teams on how to revolutionize their work methodologies with a novel, all-encompassing model rooted in the concept of hubs and spokes.
Download PDF
2. Global Project Management: Communication, Collaboration and Management Across Borders
2016 by Jean Binder
"Global Project Management: Communication, Collaboration, and Management Across Borders" offers comprehensive insights into the transformation of your organization and project management strategies to excel in the context of contemporary business landscapes, characterized by dispersed expertise, 24/7 operations, and virtual team dynamics. This book extends beyond mere suggestions for collaborative tools, delving into the realm of best practices for effectively managing cross-cultural teams and international communication. It provides recommendations for organizational adaptations, project structure enhancements, and innovative approaches for implementing these new practices and methodologies. Brimming with practical real-life examples and techniques, the book demonstrates how to seamlessly integrate these recommendations into the successful management of any global project.
Download PDF
3. Online Communication and Collaboration: A Reader
2012 by Helen Donelan, Karen Kear, Magnus Ramage
In recent years, the Internet has witnessed a surge in online communication and collaboration, with the advent of social networking, Web 2.0, and virtual worlds taking center stage. While these trends may seem like entirely new phenomena, they draw from a rich heritage of technologies and interactions. "Online Communication and Collaboration: A Reader" presents a timely collection of articles that explore these themes from a variety of perspectives, encompassing both classic and contemporary insights. Notably, the book takes a comprehensive approach, considering a broad spectrum of technologies - a departure from other works that often focus on just a few forms of collaboration technology. It combines academic and popular articles, offering a balance between scholarly rigor and readability. The book is organized into eight sections, covering the foundational principles of online communication and collaboration, as well as contemporary collaboration technologies like wikis, instant messaging, virtual worlds, and social networking sites. These modern communication tools are not only examined in terms of their current interactions but also in the context of the lessons that can be gleaned from their technological predecessors. Additionally, the book features an in-depth case study on online collaboration, using open-source software as a prime example. "Online Communication and Collaboration: A Reader" is highly relevant for a wide array of higher education courses in fields related to soft computing, information systems, cultural and media studies, and communications theory.
Download PDF
4. Collaborative Software Engineering
2010 by Ivan Mistrík, John Grundy, André van der Hoek, Jim Whitehead
"Collaborative Software Engineering" underscores the pivotal role of collaboration in contemporary software engineering, spanning interactions from end-users to developers. Collaboration manifests in various ways, including cooperative problem-solving, conflict resolution through negotiation, the establishment of shared definitions, and the influence of both social and technical aspects on software development endeavors. The central challenge lies in not only ensuring effective individual contributions within a team of developers but also achieving a collective output that surpasses the sum of its constituent parts. This book, curated by its accomplished editors, assembles a diverse array of authors who have collectively contributed to a definitive body of work addressing a broad spectrum of issues in the realm of collaborative software engineering. The volume is thoughtfully organized into four sections, preceded by an overarching editorial chapter that provides an in-depth exploration of the collaborative software engineering domain. These sections cover characterizing collaborative software engineering, tools and techniques, organizational considerations, and emerging issues in the field. Consequently, this book offers a comprehensive and up-to-date review, including empirical findings, serving as a valuable resource for researchers in academia and industry specializing in software process management, empirical software engineering, and global software development. Practitioners in this domain will also find the book's detailed descriptions and reports useful as practical guidelines to enhance their daily work.
Download PDF
5. Challenges in Virtual Collaboration: Videoconferencing, Audioconferencing, and Computer-Mediated Communications
2004 by Lynne Wainfan, Paul K. Davis
This book offers a comprehensive overview of the research literature exploring the influence of communication mediums (videoconferencing, audioconferencing, and computer-mediated conferencing) on the processes and outcomes of virtual collaborations. It delves into strategies for mitigating challenges that arise in mediated collaboration and provides recommendations for selecting the most suitable medium, considering factors such as task requirements and contextual considerations, including the incorporation of face-to-face communication and hybrid systems when necessary.
Download PDF
6. Computer-Supported Collaboration: With Applications to Software Development
2003 by Fadi P. Deek, James A. M. McHugh
"In the era of networked computing and the ever-increasing complexity of software development, the significance of computer-supported collaborative work (CSCW) has undergone a remarkable surge. Globalization has heightened the demand for collaboration, while the advent of the Web has made geographically dispersed collaborative systems technically viable in ways that were once inconceivable. These software environments, known as Groupware, have emerged to address the logistical, managerial, social, organizational, and cognitive challenges inherent in leveraging distributed expertise. These challenges represent the core issues in the evolution of process management. "Computer-Supported Collaboration with Applications to Software Development" delves into the theory of collaborative groups and the myriad factors influencing collaboration, particularly within the realm of collaborative software development. These influences draw from a diverse array of sources, encompassing social and cognitive psychology, media attributes, group problem-solving behavior, process management, group information processing, and organizational effects. The book also surveys empirical studies on computer-supported problem solving, with a special focus on software development. The concluding chapter presents a collaborative model for program development. This book caters to both the academic and professional segments of the software development arena, serving as a valuable resource for professionals and researchers in software engineering, collaborative development, management information systems, problem-solving, and cognitive and social psychology. Additionally, it fulfills the needs of graduate-level students in computer science and information systems."
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1. Install Google Books Downloader
2. Enter Book ID to the search box and press Enter
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