The paper is concerned with support for distributed groups of creative knowledge workers: in this case designers. We consider requirements that designers have regarding internalisation and externalisation of ideas and concepts as well as requirements relating to collaboration. We review an online system whose facilities for the graphical representation of data were found to be popular. The evaluation was in the context of a group task and the results, including instances of tacit knowledge sharing, have led us to formulate a number of recommendations as to how such systems might be made still more effective for collaborative working.
This paper considers the opportunities presented by Web-based systems for the support of groups involved in work of a creative nature. In particular, it is concerned with the sharing of knowledge that might otherwise remain unspoken, or tacit, amongst those engaged in design tasks. A prototype system has been developed and this system, together with its evaluation, is described. Drawing on the results of the evaluation, pointers for further development are presented.
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