A group collaboration tool for software engineering projects

Author

Purvis, Martin ; Purvis, Martin ; Jones, Philip

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Otago Univ., Dunedin, New Zealand

fYear

1996

fDate

24-27 Jan 1996

Firstpage

362

Lastpage

369

Abstract

A CASE tool for the support of collaborative work in software engineering processes is described. The tool supports multiple, concurrent users who may be distributed over a network and who are engaged in group design deliberation on software engineering projects. The approach underlying the tool is based on Rittel´s (1970) issue-based information systems, but new features have been added to support more detailed evaluation of why particular positions have been chosen by a collaborative group to resolve a given issue. A discussion of the new approaches and how they are incorporated into the tool is provided

Keywords

computer aided software engineering; groupware; information systems; software tools; CASE tool; collaborative work; distributed users; group collaboration tool; group design deliberation; issue-based information systems; multiple concurrent users; network; software engineering projects; Collaborative software; Collaborative tools; Collaborative work; Computer aided software engineering; Decision making; Information science; Information systems; Programming; Software design; Software engineering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Engineering: Education and Practice, 1996. Proceedings. International Conference

Conference_Location

Dunedin

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7379-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SEEP.1996.534022

Filename

534022