JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 17(2): 164-182, doi: 10.3217/jucs-017-02-0164
Developing a Mobile Collaborative Tool for Business Continuity Management
expand article infoClaudio Sapateiro‡, Nelson Baloian§, Pedro Antunes|, Gustavo Zurita
‡ Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, Setúbal, Portugal§ DCC, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile| University of Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal¶ University of Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile

Corresponding author: Claudio Sapateiro ( claudio.sapateiro@estsetubal.ips.pt )

© Claudio Sapateiro, Nelson Baloian, Pedro Antunes, Gustavo Zurita.
This article is freely available under the J.UCS Open Content License.
Citation: Sapateiro C, Baloian N, Antunes P, Zurita G (2011) Developing a Mobile Collaborative Tool for Business Continuity Management. JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 17(2): 164-182. https://doi.org/10.3217/jucs-017-02-0164
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Abstract
We describe the design of a mobile collaborative tool that helps teams managing critical computing infrastructures in organizations, a task that is usually designated Business Continuity Management. The design process started with a requirements definition phase based on interviews with professional teams. The elicited requirements highlight four main concerns: collaboration support, knowledge management, team performance, and situation awareness. Based on these concerns, we developed a data model and tool supporting the collaborative update of Situation Matrixes. The matrixes aim to provide an integrated view of the operational and contextual conditions that frame critical events and inform the operators’ responses to events. The paper provides results from our preliminary experiments with Situation Matrixes.
Keywords
business continuity management, collaboration support, situation awareness