The Automated Collaboration Cloud Service Vs. Manual Collaboration

The benefit of Collaboration Cloud starting with NVivo version 14 is automated synchronization without the need for manual merging/importing of a team member's work.  Depending on the size and duration of your project, this may be the best method even with a small project team.

If you prefer the manual process, the most straightforward way to collaborate is for one person to be the master file owner and the other to be a contributor. 
- The contributor will make changes to a copy of the master project file and send it to the master file owner on a regular basis for merging/importing.
- This can be done via email (sending the file in a compressed .zip format) or via a network or cloud drive.

Once you have defined the master file owner,  you can decide on the specific strategy you want to use for the tasks.  See the details from our user guide below.
Strategies for Teamwork