A group collaboration tool for software engineering projects

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.

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