Overall application architecture
The architecture for this type of application or platform generally consists of seven key elements that work together to deliver the overall experience:
Managers
Team members
WebRTC capable browser
New and existing web applications
Signaling server
TURN server
Messaging server
Let's look at each of these elements in more detail.
Managers
These are the people that are responsible for bringing the team members together and driving them to achieve a specific set of goals. Managers need to have control of these team applications and be able to add and remove members easily.
They will also want to be able to see information about the activity of each member, and in a business context ideally, also be able to tie these back to key performance indicators so that they can track and manage each individual.
In both a commercial and a non-commercial context, the levels of participation from each of the team members may also be available for all to see, because online teams tend...