Strategic Networks (e.g. in enterprises or research-groups) are the most ambitious models for cooperative perception and problemsolving at the moment. With these one tries to combine the advantages of the flexibility of market mechansims with the stability of hierarchical organizations. The Aachen TROPOS-projects’ aim is the development of an agent oriented environment for the lifecycle-accompaniing requirements engineering in strategic networks. This analyzing environment should step by step be enlarged to a simulation- and supporting-tool. Every step concerning development and implementation will be evaluated by empirical analysis.

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