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All forms of organizational activity require some form of coordination, especially when the number of tasks and individuals involved is large. As computer networks and personal computers are becoming a common infrastructure in many organizations computer systems have evolved that support the coordination of distributed work using asynchronous communication (store-and-forward techniques, e-mail). Work in this area that has been carried out at GMD’s Institute for Applied Information Technology will be presented: the office procedure system DOMINO is introduced along with the structured interaction paradigm on which it is based, related systems (meeting scheduler, organizational knowledge base) and practical experiences with DOMINO will be discussed, and an approach for a new generic coordination support tool (“Activity Assistant”) will be presented that features user configuration of cooperation structures and flexible support.
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Kreifelts, T. (1991). Coordination of Distributed Work: From Office Procedures to Customizable Activities. In: Brauer, W., Hernández, D. (eds) Verteilte Künstliche Intelligenz und kooperatives Arbeiten. Informatik-Fachberichte, vol 291. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76980-1_14
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