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    Wikipatterns is a book and a web site that is a great place to start researching your next wiki project.  The book is nicely organized around a group of case studies on different types of wiki implementations — they don’t all need to look like wikipedia! The first chapter profiles an example of a central project site for a department. The site doesn’t replace issue tracking, expense management, or project management softwares. But it does give a place to house the main project documents in a place that allows, even invites group interaction.

    I have worked on a couple of projects that have tried to do something similar with MS Sharepoint. But for me none of these have really worked, despite genuine desire from the team. Maybe it is the reliance on stored documents – I have found it cumbersome at best to edit things via Sharepoint. Maybe it is the reliance on Microsoft products. But with the example from Wikipatterns I am starting a wiki-based project resource for the department.

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    About – Wiki Patterns

    A pattern is a model considered worthy of imitation (i.e., if it worked for others, it can work for you). Newcomers can benefit from their predecessors’ experiences so they don’t have to make the same mistakes fumbling around for the same solutions to the same problems. Just as importantly, patterns give adepts a shared language in which to speak about these common concepts.

    Wikis

    There are other factors required for a wiki to work its magic, even within IT organizations that are typically more progressive about adopting new technology. A corporate culture that values collaboration and knowledge sharing is critical, as is a champion who has the clout within the IT group to encourage wiki use.

    Participants need to be willing to go out on a limb by sharing ideas that are still in progress. “With traditional solutions, people only participate if they feel they have the complete story,” says Wagner. “With a wiki, we’re saying even incomplete ideas are good. Yet no one wants to look less than fully informed in front of their peers or superiors.”

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    In my day job I serve as Information Technology Director for the Yale School of Drama. Otherwise I garden, play guitar, build stuff out of wood, take photos, play around with technology and have been blogging since 2003.

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