Supporting the management of multiple activities in mobile collaborative working environments

  • Authors:
  • Jesus Camacho;Jesus Favela;Victor M. Gonzalez

  • Affiliations:
  • Departamento de Ciencias de la Computacion, CICESE, Ensenada, Mexico;Departamento de Ciencias de la Computacion, CICESE, Ensenada, Mexico;School of Informatics, University of Manchester, United Kingdom

  • Venue:
  • CRIWG'06 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Groupware: design, implementation, and use
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Many modern working environments are characterized by the need to manage multiple activities simultaneously. This is the case for instance of hospital work, which also demands a high degree of mobility and collaboration among specialists. These working conditions have motivated us to design and implement mobileSJ, a mobile information management tool based on the concept of working spheres. The tool allows users to gather information related to a working sphere, including documents, contacts and pending tasks. The tool assists users when switching between tasks, facilitates the sharing of activity related information with colleagues, as well as the synchronization of information among multiple devices, including handheld computers and public displays.