Title :
An architecture for supporting small collocated teams in cooperative software development
Author :
Campagnolo, Bruno ; Tacla, Cesar A. ; Paraíso, Emerson C. ; Sato, Gilson Y. ; Ramos, Milton P.
Author_Institution :
Artificial Intell. Div., TECPAR - Parana Inst. of Technol., Curitiba
Abstract :
Most CSCW and groupware systems focus the activities of distributed teams involved in large projects by means of tools for communication and awareness. The activities of small collocated teams are often neglected. Analyzing preliminary requirements of small teams, it is possible to observe the need of tools to help the elaboration of project documentation. This paper presents a multi-agent system architecture to support software development in small collocated teams. The architecture proposed in this paper tackles the problem of elaborating documentation, by facilitating the elaboration of the Small Project Management Plan [S.K. Land and J.W. Walz, 2006]. Tools used in the software development are encapsulated by agents that extract and organize useful information for the elaboration of such a document.
Keywords :
groupware; multi-agent systems; project management; software engineering; system documentation; cooperative software development; distributed teams; elaborating documentation; groupware system; multiagent system architecture; project documentation; small collocated teams; small project management plan; Collaborative software; Collaborative work; Computer architecture; Documentation; Knowledge management; Multiagent systems; Programming; Project management; Space technology; Taxonomy; Collaborative Software Development; Knowledge Management; MAS; Ontology; Small Teams;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, 2009. CSCWD 2009. 13th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Santiago
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3534-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3535-7
DOI :
10.1109/CSCWD.2009.4968069
