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66 Use Cases for an Enterprise Wiki (1 – 22)

We have summarized in our weblog 111 good reasons for using an enterprise wiki. But how can such a system blossom and show its added value and Return on Investment? What are some concrete examples of how companies can implement an enterprise wiki? Which possible uses make sense? Which of them are truly useful? And which of them can actually improve your efficiency? We have collected 66 ways to use wikis in organizations. Here are the first 22.

Texts should be created, shared, and edited in a Wiki, not in Word or within e-mails

Within a company there can be many approaches for the development of texts as well as the sharing of texts for further revision. We could, for example, write a text in Word and then load the final version into the enterprise wiki. We could also send around texts by e-mail, asking colleagues to read them and, if necessary, to make changes. But we could also develop a text directly within a wiki. What should we think of this particular work process?

SharePoint as a Wiki vs. Confluence: Criteria and Requirements

More and more companies that already work with Microsoft products (so basically all companies) as well as those companies wishing to follow a “unified Microsoft strategy” are installing SharePoint as a solution for internal collaboration – Microsoft’s answer to the Enterprise 2.0 hype. Is MS SharePoint a real alternative to a sophisticated enterprise wiki application like Confluence? For this article, we have set up criteria that we believe a system must fulfill in order to suffice as a professional wiki system for companies.

Five Second Tests: Measure Content Usability and Get a First Impression in Five Seconds

A usability test, that only takes five seconds? Admittedly, it is almost too good to be true. The reservation against Five Second Tests, a specific form of remote usability testing, is great by and large. Experts traditionally place a lot of value on a clean methodology and clean results. Skepticism toward a new and simpler method is understandable. But Five Second Tests is the smallest project with a not insignificant benefit – as long as tasks and questions are selected sensibly.

Wiki Adoption: Why there’s no Reason to be Scared of Sharing Knowledge

If in the opening phase of a wiki adoption it should be difficult to activate employees to participate, this is often because employees haven’t been properly brought up to speed and misunderstand the whole idea of a wiki. One symptom of this is the fear of sharing knowledge.

111 Reasons why you need an Enterprise Wiki

At //SEIBERT/MEDIA, we’ve been doing our work on a wiki for years. Through our day-to-day work as well as through dozens of enterprise wiki projects, we’ve experienced – thanks to innumerable different example cases – how useful and valuable a wiki can be on a number of levels. Therefore, we believe it is high time to compress the arguments for a wiki into the limited space offered by tweets to make our points as efficiently as possible.

11 Questions to Answer when Evaluating Enterprise Wiki Software

Wikis for enterprise use, both those available commercially as well as those available in open-source contexts, have become quite sophisticated. This article introduces and evaluates possible requirements as well as decision-making criteria. An absolute necessity for the evaluation of a wiki system is that you have a clear picture of the requirements for the system – this is the first and most important step as there are numerous criteria and factors to consider when choosing the correct system.

Factors for the Success of Wikis 3: Overcoming Resistance from the Company Culture

The establishing of a Wiki is necessarily accompanied by a change in the communicative practices within a company. In comparison to technological and organizational aspects, the component of “company culture” typically plays a somewhat lesser role during the introduction of a Wiki, yet certain kinds of resistance can hinder the success of the project within this context as well.

Factors for the Success of Wikis 2: Organization is the Key

From dozens of enterprise Wiki projects, we know that the successful introduction of a Wiki into a company typically depends on three factors: technology; organization; and culture. In the first of these three articles we focused on the requirements of technology. This report will now focus on the organizational factors for a promising Wiki project.