Cooperation support. A multidisciplinary challenge in a difficult world

Cooperation is an interdisciplinary multilevel issue reaching from technical to organizational to human aspects. It combines concepts from Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), Human-Centred Computing, and Ubiquitous Computing. Changes in our industrial environment request new IT solutions for collaborative task management in distributed teams wherein team members are essentially involved in the process management and responsible for its progress. This paper discusses some cooperation support aspects of CSCW and related requirements.