Requirements


 * Requirements for information systems support for the SIGGreen Global Virtual Workshop **

This page will be used to identify and describe the system requirements and relevant use cases for the use of virtual collaboration tools to support the activities of the SIGGreen group. These requirements by extension are relevant to any other research group that is distributed globally and wants to rely more on virtual tools for interaction. (please add to these)

1) It could be one system or a collection of tools 2) Cope with different time zones 3) Presentation need to be online in a variety of forms (text audio, video etc) 4) Accessible from different devices 5) There may be access restrictions in different countries 6) There needs to be ongoing discussion plus realtime chat or audio and a permanent record of these 7) Cost, sponsorship considerations 8) It could be a hosted system or one in the cloud 9) It must have a robust time scheduling mechanism so that parties who want to participate can be notified, can register, and can be reminded of the event. This would require some kind of event management or calendar software (such as Google Calendar).
 * Experiences from 2010:**

1) virtual synchronous meeting with robust connectivity (approximately one hour) 2) virtual synchronous 24 hour workshop that supports and archives synchronous and asynchronous participation 3) many to many chat with archive 4) recording and archival of conference meetings and presentations 5) extended project with synchronous meetings, asynchronous interactions, storage of reference material, common document 6) set presentations with audience questions 7) business meetings with discussions, voting 8) brainstorming events
 * Use Cases:**