{"id":13402,"date":"2021-12-10T20:09:58","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T01:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/?page_id=13402"},"modified":"2026-06-02T14:59:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:59:23","slug":"tr-14-04-a-study-of-an-intelligence-analysis-team-and-their-collaborative-artifacts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/research\/scs-technical-reports\/technical-reports-2014\/tr-14-04-a-study-of-an-intelligence-analysis-team-and-their-collaborative-artifacts\/","title":{"rendered":"TR-14-04: A Study of an Intelligence Analysis Team and their Collaborative Artifacts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        TR-14-04: A Study of an Intelligence Analysis Team and their Collaborative Artifacts\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Carleton University<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/research\/scs-technical-reports\/technical-reports-2014\/\">Technical Report<\/a> TR-14-04<br>\nSeptember 9, 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"a-study-of-an-intelligence-analysis-team-and-their-collaborative-artifacts\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Study of an Intelligence Analysis Team and their Collaborative Artifacts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"tr_t3\">\n<div class=\"tr_t3\">\n<div class=\"tr_t3\">\n<div class=\"tr_t3\">\n<div class=\"tr_t3\">\n<div class=\"tr_t3\">\n<div class=\"tr_t3\">\n<div class=\"tr_t3\">\n<div class=\"tr_t3\">Judith M. Brown, Jeff Wilson, Robert Biddle<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\n<p>We conducted a field study of a team of collaborating professional intelligence analysts engaged in a simulated activity in their workplace. We investigated the collaborative nature of the event and how they used artifacts (flipcharts, paper, posters, post-its, projected images, computer displays and representations) to support collaboration. Using activity theory, we analyzed our notes of their collaborative behaviors, our chats with analysts, and photos of artifacts in their context use. We found the collaborative nature of the analysts\u2019 activity had a distinct pattern; in earlier stages it is stronger, and later on weaker, and more between analysts and developer-analysts than between analysts. We identify issues in the analyst\u2019s current use of artifacts, and identify potential areas where collaboration could be strengthened through technologies that are new to practitioners in the domain, such as large interactive surfaces. Based on our findings we suggest new research directions for the field.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/260\/TR-14-04-Brown.pdf\">TR-14-04.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton University Technical Report TR-14-04 September 9, 2014 A Study of an Intelligence Analysis Team and their Collaborative Artifacts Judith M. Brown, Jeff Wilson, Robert Biddle Abstract We conducted a field study of a team of collaborating professional intelligence analysts engaged in a simulated activity in their workplace. 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