Towards a new understanding: building a shared mental model for design teams

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Edgecomb, Ian and Brisco, Ross and Wodehouse, Andrew (2025) Towards a new understanding: building a shared mental model for design teams. Proceedings of the Design Society, 5. pp. 3131-3140. (https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2025.10327)

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Abstract

Understanding how Shared Mental Models (SMMs) develop within design teams has sparked interest in the design community of decades. But to date, there is still a lack of understanding of the factors that influence the development of these structures. This review examines the literature related to SMMs and the factors that impact collaborative efforts. Aiming to bring these two research fields together, this review proposes a new framework to help researchers better understand how SMMs develop and provide a foundation for new research and empirical evidence to establish the factors that influence the development of SMMs.

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Edgecomb, Ian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1104-9811, Brisco, Ross ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8216-9218 and Wodehouse, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9605-3497;
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