In this chapter the JADE platform is presented. JADE is an Open Source framework that facilitates the development of distributed applications based on the agent oriented paradigm: an application developed on top of JADE is composed of a set of software modules called agents that execute tasks and interact by exchanging asynchronous messages. JADE is used in a variety of domains including network management, simulations, personal assistance and e-commerce both in the Industry and in the Academy worlds. In this chapter in particular we show how it can be fruitfully exploited to create applications in the field of team coordination.