As principle consultant, my main area of expertise is currently in developing collaborative and dynamic Web Spaces. My role is to design and create the basic concept, and to develop the initial programs. The key to the success of these sites has been the simplicity of design. The goal has been to make these systems available to relatively non-technical users with little or no training required in order to use the system.
Minimal training is required for group administrators.
The core of the system is a member directory which allows group members to provide a range of detailed personal information for use by another module of the group system, such as E-mail or Document manager. Once the group member is known to the system, further typing of personal information is eliminated. Group administrators can simply inform the users of the appropriate URL, and give them an initial login. At this time the systems have been sold as hosted Website services. However, server software can be made available for clients to install on their own servers or private networks.