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Wikis in Business

Wikis in Business. By: Brandt Marine, Brandon Sohl , Andrew Doyle. Outline. Problem Statement and Factors Background on Wikis Types of Wikis Wikis vs. Email Recommendation. Problem Statement and Factors.

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Wikis in Business

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  1. Wikis in Business By: Brandt Marine, Brandon Sohl, Andrew Doyle

  2. Outline • Problem Statement and Factors • Background on Wikis • Types of Wikis • Wikis vs. Email • Recommendation

  3. Problem Statement and Factors • The goal of this research was to evaluate if businesses can benefit from implementing wikis into their workplace. • Factors • Productivity • Efficiency

  4. Background on Wikis

  5. Wikis in Business

  6. Types of Wikis

  7. Types of Wikis

  8. Wiki Example

  9. Wiki vs. Email • Cut down on emails sent

  10. Wikis Vs Email Source: http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/26/wiki-collaboration-leads-to-happiness/

  11. Examples of Wikis • Luis Suarez, executive of IBM • Reduced email from 175 emails/week to 35 emails/week • Average of 5 minutes per email saved 700 minutes per week

  12. Business Types and Wikis • Company Intranet • Corporate Documentation • Organize and Display: • Meeting Notes • Project Agendas • Calendars • Cost Efficiency

  13. Business Types and Wikis • Formatting • Maintenance • Not a good conversational tool

  14. Conclusion • Background on Wikis • Types of Wikis • Wikis vs. Email

  15. Recommendation • Wikis over Email • Factors • Efficiency • Productivity • Private Wiki or Gated Access Wiki

  16. Recommendation

  17. Sources • Carlin, Dan. (2007). Corporate wikis go viral. Business Week, Retrieved November 18, 2010, from http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2007/tc20070312_476504.ht • Goodnoe, Ezra. (2005). How to use wikis for business. Information Week, Retrieved November 18, 2010, from http://www.informationweek.com/news/global-cio/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=167600331&pgno=1&queryText=&isPrev • Lynch, C. (2008, December). Seven Keys to Choosing and Managing a Corporate Wiki. CIO. Retrieved November 18, 2010, from http://www.cio.com/article/472369/Seven_Keys_to_Choosing_and_Managing_a_Corporate_Wiki • Mell, J. (2008, March 18). Wikis as alternatives to email – find the ROI. . Retrieved November 18, 2010, from http://jonmell.co.uk/wikis-as-alternatives-to-email-find-roi/ • Schneider, Ivan. (2007). What's a wiki? part ii. Information Week, Retrieved November 18, 2010, from http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201400&queryText=what%27s%20a%20wiki%20part%20II • Williams, A. (2008, March 26). Wiki collaboration leads to happiness. Wikinomics. Retrieved November 18, 2010, from http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/26/wiki-collaboration-leads-to-happiness/

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