To deliver these multidimensional impacts, TDM must be embedded within quality assurance and development teams, alike. Moreover, TDM must also intersect with other disciplines such as release management, environment management and data security (see Figure 1). TDM acts as a conduit between development and QA teams. It also needs to interface with the disciplines shown in the diagram to deliver ...

BACKGROUND Residents are expected to have transition of care (ToC) skills upon entering graduate medical education. It is unclear whether experience and training during medical school is adequate. OBJECTIVE The aim of the project was to assess: 1) graduating medical students' ability to perform ToC in a crisis situation, and 2) whether using a cognitive aid improves the ToC quality. METHODS...

One of the richest sources of information about performance in networked teams is their communication data. Nevertheless, analysis of communication requires tools that can assess both the content and patterns of information flowing in the network. This paper describes research and development of a set of tools for the automatic analysis of verbal communication. The tools use language technologi...

people's behavior and performance are influenced by the presence of others and different situations. Although research has been done on the study of human factors in teams and groups, individuals outside groups and teams or even within teams may have different actions and behaviors under the influence of the presence of others. To examine the behavior and performance of individuals more closel...

We are developing a theory for human control of robot teams based on considering how control varies across different task allocations. Our current work focuses on domains such as foraging in which robots perform largely independent tasks. The present study addresses the interaction between automation and organization of human teams in controlling large robot teams performing an Urban Search and...

A small number of general visual attributes have been recognized as essential in describing image quality. These include micro-uniformity, macro-uniformity, colour rendition, text and line quality, gloss, sharpness, and spatial adjacency or temporal adjacency attributes. The multiple-part International Standard discussed here was initiated by the INCITS W1 committee on the standardization of of...

Diversity can have both positive and negative effects on team decision making. Text communication has been put forth as one solution to addressing this duality of team diversity. Unfortunately, the empirical results have been far from conclusive. We believe that resolving such inconsistencies are crucial to developing a more complete understanding of the use of communication technologies. To ac...

We have explored using neurophysiologic patterns as an approach for developing a deeper understanding of how teams collaborate when solving time-critical, complex real-world problems. Fifteen students solved substance abuse management simulations individually, and then in teams of three while measures of mental workload (WL) and engagement (E) were generated by electroencephalography (EEG). Hig...

This study examined the etiology of transformational leadership in virtual team contexts. First, we compared 127 members of virtual decision-making teams with 135 members of traditional face-to-face teams in terms of the relationship between aspects of personality and the emergence of transformational leadership. The type of communication media (face-to-face versus “pure” virtual) was found to ...

The third year systems development group project forms an essential part of the Information Systems major at the University of Cape Town. The field of Information Technology / Information Systems requires the maintenance or development of large information systems which often involves complex tasks. As effective teams are at the core of high performance organizations exposure to teamwork is imp...