Visualization of Heterogeneous Text Data in Collaborative Engineering Projects

In this position paper we describe how visual analysis of heterogeneous text data is likely to benefit large-scale collaborative engineering projects. We describe use cases and tasks performed by project managers, which are potential targets for visual text analysis. We also discuss our objective to develop a structured visualization design process that will enable relevant and insightful heterogeneous data visualizations to be constructed using a systematic approach, rather than being based primarily on the expertise, intuition and creativity of the visualization designer. We suggest that the construction of a text visualization task taxonomy will contribute towards the development of such a visualization design process. Author