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Accession Number:

AD1132689

Title:

Video-Teleconference Team Collaboration: Identifying the Causes of Delays in Meeting Start Times

Author(s):

• Herceg, Paul M.
• Mireles , David E.

Author Organization(s):

• Mitre Corporation

Report Date:

2006-05-01

Abstract:

This paper presents evidence that operational video-teleconference-room (VTC) interfaces contribute to delaying the start of meetings in corporate settings. Some companies rely on VTCs for cost-effective collaboration across locations; however, if VTCs contribute to meeting delays, they result in lost productivity for entire teams. To explore this notion, the team recorded observations of human subjects in corporate VTC meetings, and identified the various challenges in collecting user-interface data in that environment. The analysis and discussion shows that improvement in equipment setup times would contribute to reducing the delay in meeting start times. Furthermore, evidence points to the significance of the time equipment-use begins, rather than the time it ceases. The data collected is vital to continue research into intelligent user interfaces, assistive agents, and context modeling for improving the usability of VTC equipment

Document Type:

Conference:

Journal:

Pages:

20

File Size:

0.55MB

Contracts:

Grants:

Descriptors:

• graphical user interface
• user interface
• control systems
• data analysis
• regression analysis
• observation
• observers
• artificial satellites
• correlation analysis
• information science
• measurement
• networks
• teleconferencing
• video
• coefficients
• data science
• integrated systems
• satellite television
• television receivers
• ubiquitous computing

Identifiers:

• video meetings

SubjectCategory:

• Communications
• Electrotechnology and Fluidics

Communities of Interest:

• Space

Distribution Statement:

Approved For Public Release

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