Development of a Collaboration Compass for the Selection, Implementation and Controlling of Collaboration Projects

据称，主要由小企业组成的协作网络非常有效，因为它们具有很高的专业化和灵活性潜力。然而，目前的情况并不能达到预期。本项目的目标是设计一套方法(协作指南针)，帮助从技术、管理和社会角度选择、调整和控制适当的协作模式。为此，我们将制定通用的协作方案、协作策略目录和底层协作数据方案，以制定特定协作策略的选择和评估方法，结果将形成一套基于模型的方法，以确定适当的协作策略，并提出具体的调整或控制措施。借助这套方法，可以减少有效的协作管理的时间和精力，并且可以增加协作的成功率。

Collaboration networks consisting primarily of small businesses are stated to be very effective, because of their high potential of specialization and flexibility. However, the current situation cannot meet the expectations. Pointed reasons are friction losses underlying any collaboration.The goal of this project is to design a set of methods (collaboration compass), which helps to choose, adjust and control the appropriate collaboration model regarding the technical, managerial and social perspective. For this, we will develop a generic collaboration scheme, a catalogue of collaboration strategies and a scheme of underlying collaboration data in order to work out a selection and evaluation method for specific collaboration strategies.The result will be a model-based set of methods, which identifies appropriate collaboration strategies and proposes specific measures of adjustment or controlling. The time and effort of an effective collaboration management can be reduced with the help of this set of methods and collaboration success can be increased.