Corona Collaboration Context

Corona Collaboration Context

A Collaboratin Context is the set of common resources needed to move a project to completion. Many people with different skills are required to work together on projects. Some people are involved on projects from the initial gathering of requirements to project completion. Others are only involved for a short while until their specific task is completed and then move to the next project. It is difficult for people beginning work on the project in its later phases since they don't have a history of where project information can be found. The initial setup of the project tools, documentation, processes, and information about existing issues can be hard to find. Project information can be spread across web sites, wiki pages, RSS Feeds, bug management tools, customer service logs, documents, spreadsheets, distribution lists, email, special instructions for tool usage, license information. This Information constitutes the Project Collaboration Context.

Providing a Project Collaboration Context with organized project information can speed the finding specific information. The finding the information and tools speeds completing required tasks. It can save time of project newcomers and existing team members since the newcomers can find much of what they need on their own.

Corona is creating a container of locations and connection information to allow access to this information. Corona isn't trying to be a repository but it is trying to know which repositories of information are important for a specific project. The value Corona adds to this information is to gather and aggregate event information about the processing and flow of project information for use by people in project work groups. For example, when a user interface is changed in software project many people in project need to be aware of the change: development, quality assurance, documentation, marketing and sales. Each role in the project work group has a little different need. Corona can support these different needs by providing Collaboration Events to the tools used by people. People in these roles get faster information handling and have fewer miscommunications.