A weather metaphor is used to symbolise the presence of possible conflict areas. As shown on the illustration the symbols show better waether, the larger the distance to the possible conflict is. A dark red figure symbolises that another person is currently working at this method. A yellow figure indicates a long distance to the other team member. A smooth transition from single-user towards a tightly coupled cooperation may take place by starting a chat on the edited artifact or by invoking a shared class browser, where the code may be edited simultaneously.
Programmers can track their tasks and see what tasks other team members have fulfilled.
If a programmer has been off project for a while, a guide welcomes him when he returns, showing all the relevant parts of the system that the programmer might be interested in.