A Review of Team Collaboration Tools for Crisis Response in the Military and Government

The military operates today both administratively and tactically using collaboration tools. The purpose of this paper is to explore the recent past and current status of collaboration tools use in order to provide recommendations for the future with respect to crisis reaction. Two methods, ad hoc research and systematic document search, were used to identify commercial and proprietary collaboration tools that deserve review and consideration for military and government crisis response. The collaborative technologies and tools are grouped into three categories: modern collaboration technologies for the design, development, or enhancement of collaboration tools, collaboration tools being used in the military or government, and collaboration tools recommended for consideration by the military or government for crisis response.