I am currently working on my thesis for a Master’s degree in Engineering Management. The topic I am studying and writing about deals with online collaborative environments and communities. Specifically, I’m compiling case studies of various successful online collaborations, looking for the qualities that are common among them. My hope is that I will be able to identify some fundamental characteristics necessary to foster effective collaboration across geographical and cultural boundaries.
The groups/communities I am currently investigating are the Apache Software Foundation, Wikipedia and {fray}.
I’ll be posting more on this topic in the near future.
