Towards a commitment network on the Grid Shared Desktop Germana Nóbrega 1 , Fernando Cruz 2 , Carolina Santana, Jovanini Timo 1 Universidade de Brasília, Brazil, 2 Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brazil gmnobrega@cic.unb.br, fwcruz@ucb.br, karolstana@yahoo.com.br, jovanini.timo.- compline@caixaseguros.com.br As highlighted by Sampson and Fytros (2008), the concept of Knowledge Man- agement (KM) has been approached from different perspectives, e.g., the organisa- tional and sociological perspective, which addresses key questions such as how one can create and master knowledge in groups, focusing on social networks and com- munities of practice. In addition, the authors place Competence Management as an important research issue within the research framework of KM. Within the business context, competence maps have been exploited for identifying competence gaps necessary to deal with companies’ needs (Sicilia, 2006). Identifying such gaps is an important step for triggering competence development programs within organi- sations, for instance, in learning communities (e.g. the tenCompetence project 1 ). Competence maps can also be seen as one suitable source of information for managers to gather employees together in group projects. However, having indi- vidual (technical) talent is not a guarantee of performing well together (Rajendran, 2005). Most contemporary problems faced by the organisations and the society are recalling the paradigm of Complexity and its systemic, complex, and transdisci- plinary perspetive (Morin, 1984). This reinforces the need to achieve excellence in (multi, transdisciplinary) team work. In an ongoing research project, we are particularly concerned with the above mentioned issues, and with the question of how technology can support team both formation and work within an organisation. The main goal of our project is then to design and to prototype a commitment network as both a conceptual framework and a compound of computational artifacts capable of supporting knowledge work- ers - connected under certain criteria - on safely engaging in group work, by taking 1 www.tencompetence.org