Objective The EUROCOOP project aimed to develop powerful and effective systems for supporting distributed collaborative work. The approach adopted was to integrate components from a number of existing systems and to develop new collaborative tools based on the study of a large-scale technical application that encompasses many collaboration problems. Single components tools were developed that can be integrated with existing tools and that are able to interoperate with each other.The project aimed to develop powerful and effective systems for supporting distributed collaborative work. The approach adopted is to integrate components from a number of existing systems and to develop new collaborative tools based on the study of a large scale technical application that encompasses many collaboration problems.A task monitoring system was developed which enabled people to keep track of the status and results of ongoing collaborative activities. It provided support for asynchronous group work. It notified those involved of deadlines and expected actions, alerted users in case of emerging difficulties, or enabled them to delegate tasks to others. An an addition to this system, meeting support tools were developed. Synchronous document preparation by a distributed group of people is important in many collaborative projects. A prototype of a synchronous shared window conferencing tool was developed and will be further improved. This especially supports the codesign of documents.Information must be shared as required between members of a distributed work group. Such information will be of many different forms, and must be linked in many different ways. A distributed hypermedia design toolkit provides support for the design of documents containing a broad range of different materials, including the ability to specify links between and within these documents. The documents are stored in a distributed object oriented database. A user centred approach has been taken in the design and development of these tools. The application area was the project management of the construction of a combined bridge and tunnel over the Great Belt in Denmark.An increasing number of people are involved in projects that are distributed within or even between organisations, so that people often collaborate with others in different physical locations. EUROCOOP aimed to provide integrated computer tools and services to support such spatially distributed groups, with a particular focus on project management issues. Project management is a difficult task in the best of circumstances. It becomes even more complicated if a geographically distributed group of people is involved. The EUROCOOP project paid particular attention to some of these problems. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabases Programme(s) FP2-ESPRIT 2 - European strategic programme (EEC) for research and development in information technologies (ESPRIT), 1987-1992 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator TRIUMPH ADLER AG EU contribution No data Address NÜRNBERGSTRAßE 159-161 90762 FÜRTH Germany See on map Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AARHUS UNIVERSITET Denmark EU contribution No data Address NORDRE RINGGADE 1 8000 AARHUS See on map Total cost No data EMPIRICA GESELLSCHAFT FUER KOMMUNIKATIONS- UND TECHNOLOGIEFORSCHUNG MBH Germany EU contribution No data Address OXFORDSTRASSE 2 53111 BONN See on map Total cost No data Gesellschaft für Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung mbH Germany EU contribution No data Address Schloß Birlinghoven 53754 Sankt Augustin See on map Total cost No data JUTLAND TELEPHONE (JTAS) Denmark EU contribution No data Address SLETVEJ, 30 8310 AARHUS-TRANBJERG J See on map Total cost No data Nexor Ltd United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Tower Block Nottingham University NG7 2RD Nottingham See on map Total cost No data STOREBAELTSFORBINDELSEN GREAT BELT A/S Denmark EU contribution No data Address VESTER SOEGADE, 10 1601 COPENHAGEN See on map Total cost No data
