Computer-Supported Collaborative Design Factors From Literature

The aim of this investigation is to collect and categorise the CSCD factors which influence the work of engineering design teams. Factors were collected during a systematic literature review. Data is from papers published 2010 till February 2017. Academic search engines utilised were: ProQuest, Engineering Village, IEEE Xplore, Scopus, EBSCO and ACM Digital Library. Data was categorised by the author of the document based on a collaboration categorisation system first presented in Mattessich, P.W. & Monsey, B.R., 1992. Collaboration: what makes it work. A review of research literature on factors influencing successful collaboration., ERIC. Sub categories were created based on the context of the paper.