BSCW Classic
Ideal coordination of all team activities
A versatile system for any field of application
BSCW Classic is in use around the world. With more than 500 functions, it offers the right solution for every task. Turn your ideas into reality!
Our proven system has been supporting information flow and knowledge management at numerous companies for more than 20 years.
Document management made easy
Create work groups, synchronize documents with your PC or store documents in your system via drag and drop.
Our system covers the following functions:
- Change notifications
- Version management and back-up function
- Rights management
- Document templates
- Document release process
Direct Document Editing
- Text and HTML documents may be edited directly in your Web browser
- All types of documents may be edited directly by using their respective local applications and the BSCW Desktop-Extension
Everyone wants lean processes
Use BSCW to map and optimize your processes. Set up tasks and define individual steps in so-called project phases, so that your company is even more streamlined in the future.
This versatile feature makes it possible to implement efficient scheduling and progress monitoring for projects. Set up task responsibilities and specify goals to ensure an optimal workflow.
Simple meeting and appointment coordination
Never miss another meeting and stay organized. Without calendars, managing daily life would be impossible. That’s why the calendar is a vital element of the BSCW system.
Always up-to-date, regardless of the project
Create calendars for various folders. Add meetings and appointments for other members so that the workflow is even more simple and organized.
Simple and fast meeting coordination
Use our integrated tool to streamline the laborious process associated with scheduling meetings.
Simple polls about any topic
Obtain opinions and feedback with the comprehensive poll and survey feature, or plan projects, events, celebrations and much more.
Forums offer a platform for public discussions
The discussion forum, which is especially valuable when it involves complex topics, can lay out comprehensive structures in a clear fashion, making it a perfect tool for tracking discourses, even over longer periods of time.
Send messages to individual persons or groups, fast and efficiently
The chat feature is one of the most important functions for designing fast and productive work activities. Eliminate the flood of e-mails and use our chat function for real-time communications with your colleagues.
Provide direct document feedback?
Use the comment feature to leave comments anywhere within a new document, making your work activities even more effective and intuitive.
Versatility across the entire workflow– BSCW can be adapted at any time to the specific needs of your project
Over the years a large number of projects have been implemented with the BSCW system. Below we have highlighted several successful examples.
enArgus
The central information system for the advancement of energy research provides project initiators, the government and the public uniform and centralized access to information regarding research activities in the area of energy in Germany. This platform thus helps to make government funding policies in the area of energy research more transparent.
https://www.enargus.de/
CloudTeams
The CloudTeams collaboration platform is an EU-sponsored project developed under the leadership of the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT. The team platform component that is used by software developers is an adapted and enhanced version of the BSCW system.
e.tract
This web-based platform is designed especially for secure collaboration in international clinical studies. It helps clinical research organizations, institutes and pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies rationalize their processes and structure the exchange of information more effectively.
