1. Sociology
   1. Any good courses at UW to get a better background?
2. Examples
   1. Reports
   2. Email messages
   3. Information Spaces
      1. Internet
   4. Goals
   5. Vocabulary
   6. Committee (Merck)
   7. Mind Map
3. Can be mapped
4. Related Topics
   1. Communities of Practice
      1. Etienne Wenger
   2. Communities of Interest
   3. Organizational Learning
      1. Reification
      2. Participation
5. Properties
   1. Common point of reference
   2. Different meaning to x
   3. Serve as a means of Coordination and Alignment
   4. Serve as a means of translation
   5. Plastic, working arrangements
   6. Satisfy Different Concerns Simultaneously
6. Design Implications
   1. There a better boundary objects than others
   2. Utilize the properties to the highest degree possible
   3. Where might this fit in the CWA?
      1. Decision Ladder?
7. Papers / Articles
   1. Translations and Boundary Objects (1989)
   2. Article: Boundary Objects and Knowledge Management
      1. Some collaboration here
   3. Their role in Articulating the Task at Hand and Making Information Relevant to it (2000)
   4. Overview (Definitions, examples)
   5. The Influence of Boundary Objects on Group Collaboration in Construction Project Teams (2009)
      1. Introduction
         1. Collaboration in Architecture, Engineering, Construction
            1. Multidisciplinary teams
            2. Absence of clear goals and processes
            3. BO's create default goals
            4. BO's have strong influence on the collaboration
         2. Boundary Objects
            1. Drawings
            2. specifications
            3. reports
      2. Background
         1. Purpose of Boundary Object
            1. Carry information and context
            2. translate, transfer, transform knowledge between CoPs
            3. Stable source of information (confidence)
         2. Context of AEC Collaboration
            1. individuals/teams in and out of the project frequently
            2. Legal and cultural focus on individual work
      3. Study Setting and Methods
         1. Content
            1. $100 million Cancer Research Center
            2. 150 coordination meetings
            3. Interviews with 12 key project team members
            4. review of 3000 pages of notes
         2. Process
            1. Open, axial, and selective coding of data
            2. themes in information flows
   6. Boundary Objects to fill gaps (HCI, Soft eng, Design) (2004