The Teamwork Platform has been updated with release 3.9.2, one of the final releases before the exciting major release expected later this year.
With 3.9.2, GPD has refined animations and navigation, allowing seamless exploration of project models in Designer with simple click or touch.  The simulator has been further optimized and prepared for some architectural changes (coming soon!).  The whole platform has been compiled and tested in Java 8.  Several new views and a new application are integrated, but we'll save the major announcement of those to our next release :) Installation has been made easier and more secure, allowing a quick start on Windows, MacOS, and Linux in just minutes.

International Society of Logistics (SOLE) Japan:  Workshop on Project Design, Tokyo, by Mr. Dai Ike, CEO for GPD Japan presents a 3 hour workshop on December 15th regarding projects as socio-technical systems and project design methods.

Two chapters of a recent book titled "Concurrent Engineering in the 21st Century" were written by GPD team members.  The chapters are dedicated to our view of complex teamwork as a sociotechnical system and introduction of Project Design.  Chapter 3, "Complex Engineering Programs as Sociotechnical Systems" and Chapter 8, "Design of Complex Programs as Sociotechnical Systems" were written by Bryan Moser and Ralph Wood of GPD.  Check out the book!
Stjepandić, Josip, Nel Wognum, and Wim JC Verhagen. Concurrent Engineering in the 21st Century. Springer, 2015.  http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-13776-6

Global Teamwork Lab symposium series continues with an industry focused event. Designing, Engineering, and Production of competitive products requires global teams, common platforms yet flexible local standards and practices. Our project management standards and experiences from the 20th century are not sufficient. New research and methods on the integration of system engineering, system architecture, and project management methods will be introduced and open for discussion during this symposium.

GPD's Bryan Moser presents a dinner lecture with the INCOSE (International Council on Systems Engineering) Michigan chapter on the latest trends in research, education, and practice to integrate project management and systems engineering.

How do leading performers from a wide range of countries exert teamwork and innovate?  The Global Teamwork Lab at U Tokyo is launching a new symposium series on June 21, 2015 with a round-table discussion and walk-through of new works by three leading choreographers with dancers of Boston Ballet.  Complex teamwork in engineering and science can learn from the traditions of high performance teamwork across various professions and cultures.

GPD is pleased to partner with the University of Tokyo, IBM Japan, Mitsui and other industrial partners in the formation of a new "Global Teamwork Lab" (GTL).  GTL invites innovators to join in exploring and creating the world's best environment for performance by global teams. Deep and fundamental insights are gained through disciplined experiment-based research, education, and hands-on teamwork cases. Leveraging industry, MIT, and U Tokyo strengths we 'll solve complex multidisciplinary problems, positively impact society.