12. Best Practices in Collaborative Document Development

Text is often the main output of many teams however effective collaborative authoring requires an understanding of:

• The stages in collaborative document development
• The different collaborative authoring styles
• Effective approaches for document review
• Which “channels”, technologies, tools and techniques are appropriate for which activities
• How to recognise and avoid some of the potential difficulties including “Information Overload”
• How to plan a collaborative document production

Detailed Technique Description