Predicting successful completion of online collaborative animation projects

Online creative collaboration projects are started every day, but many fail to produce new artifacts of value. In this poster, we address the question of why some of these projects succeed and others fail. Our quantitative analysis of 892 online collaborative animation projects, or “collabs,” indicates that the early presence of organizational and structural elements, particularly those of a technical nature, can predict successful completion. Keywords Animation, leadership, online creative collaboration, social computing, predicting success, online communities. ACM Classification Keywords H.5.3 [HCI]: Group and Organization Interfaces--collaborative computing, computer supported cooperative work, web-based interaction. General Terms Management, Design, Experimentation, Human Factors

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: CANDC
• Authors: Kurt Luther, Kevin Ziegler, Kelly E. Caine, Amy Bruckman
• Keywords: CANDC 2009, Creative Collaboration Projects, Emerging Technology, Online Collaborative Animation, Online Creative Collaboration