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No collaboration features

What is it?

Your users belong to teams and have relationships with others, such as managers, subordinates, and collaborators. When your product enables the right kind of collaboration, it can unleash a lot of value and efficiency. However, when it doesn't, it can hinder key workflows, make users feel stuck, and affect the quality or efficiency of outcomes. Collaboration features support the users' need for relatedness by enabling users to connect and work with others. The absence of such features can make users feel isolated and hinder their ability to relate to others within the product context.

Examples

Lack of collaboration for family trip

Lack of leaderboard and social comparaison for workouts

Underlying principles

Media Richness Theory

Media Richness Theory

Media Richness Theory

Self-Determination Theory

Self-Determination Theory

Self-Determination Theory

Guiding questions

Which tasks are more effectively carried out individually versus collaboratively?

Which tasks are more effectively carried out individually versus collaboratively?

Which tasks are more effectively carried out individually versus collaboratively?

Who are the various users involved in completing the task, and what roles do they play?

Who are the various users involved in completing the task, and what roles do they play?

Who are the various users involved in completing the task, and what roles do they play?