• DOI:10.1109/IPCC.2016.7740489
• Corpus ID: 12405890

Collaborative strategies for distributed teams: Innovation through interlaced collaborative writing

@article{Robinson2016CollaborativeSF,
  title={Collaborative strategies for distributed teams: Innovation through interlaced collaborative writing},
  author={Joy Robinson and Lisa Dusenberry and Halcyon M. Lawrence},
  journal={2016 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference (IPCC)},
  year={2016},
  pages={1-9}
}

• Joy Robinson, Lisa Dusenberry, H. Lawrence
• Published 1 October 2016
• Computer Science
• 2016 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference (IPCC)

This paper discusses a case history of a successful, highly-productive team that collaborates on a regular basis, solely through virtual means. In the article, we will discuss the importance of psychological safety as a key foundation in collaborative work and the affordances that result from building and maintaining this foundation, including the co-creation of knowledge and an increase in team productivity. We provide a postmortem of our collaborative writing process, which has resulted in a series of successful articles, presentations, and posters. In this case history, we will discuss our collaborative processes, highlighting significant decisions, choices, and failures; we will supplement the case with anecdotal evidence. Finally, we will provide a set of concrete strategies/guidelines to benefit others interested in distributed collaboration. Ultimately, we present this case as a model for collaborative writing and have termed this innovative process “interlaced collaborative writing”.