GEM Rationale

Support group work, focusing on ...
... problem solving and decision making
... design and evaluation
... innovation (new concepts and products)
"The most successful designs result from a team approach where people with differing backgrounds and strengths are equally empowered to affect the final design."
(Tognazzini, 1992)
Context
→ Real-world multi-expert situations
→ Analysis, design, evaluation
→ KBS and HCI
Background
→ Social sciences, marketing
→ Decision making
→ Brainwriting (Warfield, 1971; Boy, 1991)