A Group Collaboration Tool for Software Engineering Projects

A CASE tool for the support of collaborative work in sofhvare engineering processes is &scribed. The tool supports multiple, concurrent users who may be distributed over a network and who are engaged in group &sign deliberation on sofmre engineering projects. The approach underlying the tool is based on Rittel’s 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.