Experiences in developing collaborative engineering environments: An action research approach

  • Authors:

  • Ricardo Mejía;Adán López;Arturo Molina

  • Affiliations:

  • Centro de Innovación en Diseño y Tecnología, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey, Av. Garza Sada 2501, 64849 Monterrey, Mexico;Centro de Innovación en Diseño y Tecnología, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey, Av. Garza Sada 2501, 64849 Monterrey, Mexico;Centro de Innovación en Diseño y Tecnología, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey, Av. Garza Sada 2501, 64849 Monterrey, Mexico

  • Venue:
  • Computers in Industry
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Due to the increasing amount of collaborative work in engineering, it is now necessary to create environments that foster the coordination and cooperation among engineering groups. The aim of this paper is to present a methodology to design and integrate 'Collaborative Engineering Environments' supported by tools that enable cooperative work and intellectual capital sharing. The resulting methodology to create 'Collaborative Engineering Environments' was developed and refined through a set of action research cycles applied to three case studies. The experiences and reflections of every case are described to contribute to a better understanding of how collaborative environments should be built up.