Social Protocols for Agile Virtual Teams

TL;DR

This paper introduces an extended social protocol model that enhances computer support for agile virtual teams by integrating social networks and workflows to facilitate rapid, cost-effective interaction adaptations.

Contribution

It proposes a novel extension of social protocols combining social networks and workflows to improve agility in virtual team interactions.

Findings

Extended social protocol model supports agile virtual team interactions.

The model integrates social networks with workflow management.

Enhances adaptability and efficiency of virtual teams.

Abstract

Despite many works on collaborative networked organizations (CNOs), CSCW, groupware, workflow systems and social networks, computer support for virtual teams is still insufficient, especially support for agility, i.e. the capability of virtual team members to rapidly and cost efficiently adapt the way they interact to changes. In this paper, requirements for computer support for agile virtual teams are presented. Next, an extension of the concept of social protocol is proposed as a novel model supporting agile interactions within virtual teams. The extended concept of social protocol consists of an extended social network and a workflow model.