Analysis & Design of a Collaboration Opportunity Characterization Tool for Virtual Organisations Creation

Abstract This paper presents the conceptual foundations relevant to the proper design and implementation of a software tool to support a broker or a business integrator in the context of a Virtual Organisation (VO) for partners search and selection for a specific business/collaboration opportunity. The Collaboration Opportunity Characterization tool detailed in this paper provides functionalities for decomposing a collaboration opportunity into items, which can be individually mapped to the specific competencies required for achieving the VO business/collaborative objectives, once the competencies required are specified, this competency-related information can be used for the further selection of proper VO partners to tackle a specific business/collaboration opportunity