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This paper reports our experiences gained in designing, implementing, and experimenting with technologies for improved support for cooperative work in our configuration management (CM) system. The aim of the work has been to find a set of mechanisms supporting cooperation in a range of situations; from planning and scheduling long-lasting CM activities, to resolving access conflicts between users. Although our tools are tailored for our home-grown environment, the general approach should be applicable also to other CM systems or usage domains. The emphasis of this paper is on flexible mechanisms to solve access conflicts without enforcing only one way of working.
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Wang, A.I., Larsen, JO., Conradi, R., Munch, B.P. (1998). Improving cooperation support in the EPOS CM system. In: Gruhn, V. (eds) Software Process Technology. EWSPT 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1487. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-64956-5_6
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