Using Tasks and Semi-structured Messages to Support Decision Follow Up

This paper describes the design and implementation of a coordination mechanism to support follow up of decisions made in meetings, using task management and semi-structured messages in an integrated way. Two questions lead our research: i) can a set of group support mechanisms, enabling the link between pre-meeting, meeting and post-meeting activities, allow for better coordination of decisions being implemented?; ii) can electronic elements, which belong to daily project scenarios, provide awareness of decision implementation´s problems? Our evaluations and conclusions indicate that such elements (ie. tasks and emails) provide means for coordination of decision follow up