Framework Design

Social Design Principles

Starting Communities

1. Create mechanisms to match people to activities
   
   Partly addressed by: Task Representation
2. Highlight more active tasks
   
   Partly addressed by: Task Representation, Timeline Tracking, Progress Tracking, Worklist
3. Inactive tasks should have „expected active times“
   
   Addressed by: Timeline Tracking, Progress Tracking, Timeline

Encouraging Contributions through Motivation

1. Make it easy to see and track needed contributions
   
   Addressed by: Task Representation, Explorer Navigation, Worklist, Task Alert, Timeline, User Tracking
   Partly addressed by: Progress Tracking
2. Ask specific people on tasks of interest to them
   
   Addressed by: User Tracking
3. Simple tasks with challenging goals are easier to comply with
   Task Representation
4. Specify deadlines for tasks, while leaving people in control
   Timeline Tracking, Progress Tracking, Worklist, Task Alert
5. Give frequent feedback specific to the goals
6. Requests coming form leaders lead to more contributions
7. Publicize that others have complied with request
8. People are more willing to contribute: 1) when group is small, 2) when commited to the group, 3) when their contributions are unique

Encouraging Commitment

1. Cluster members to help them identify with the community
   User Tracking
2. Give subgroups a name and a tagline
3. Put subgroups in the context of a larger group
   Explorer Navigation
4. Interdependent tasks increase commitment and reduce conflict
   Timeline