I think there's a distinction to be made between collaboration and cooperation. The latter is more about a "division of labor" in which individuals (or groups) associate informally and work in parallel toward a common goal. Collaboration sets the bar higher. It's about mutual engagement and real-time coordination to solve a problem. Whiteboarding or brainstorming are good examples.
The early days of Wikipedia presented an extreme example of decentralized cooperation. A very loose association working toward individual local goals but a common community goal. I think that's a fifth model. Maybe call it "Open Source." I think most teams mix a little cooperation and collaboration, but remote work is almost always cooperative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=27072 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
