Requirements for a MDE System to Support Collaborative In-Car Communication Diagnostics

Abstract. Modern automobiles come with a high degree of electronicand an enormous amount of in-car communication activi-ties. This leads to an increasing complexity which challengesautomotive engineers in detecting and analyzing erroneouscommunication processes. In this contribution we presentresults of our studies on current working behaviour and envi-ronments of analysis and diagnosis experts in the automotiveindustry. While we found a sufficient hardware and softwaresupport in single user environments, co-located collabora-tive environments are characterized by multiple hardwaredevices but by a lack of specific software to support collabo-rating in these multiple display environment (MDEs). Aftera detailed user analysis and evaluation we derive system re-quirements for this new MDE application area and discussits challenges.