John Newton: Jimmy Wales of MediaWiki and the Enterprise Wikis
Submitted by Bryan on September 26, 2007 - 6:04am
"John Newton: I have been interested in wikis in the enterprise for a while. Do you have any general comments on how they can be used?
Jimmy Wales: Wikis have been used to collaborate on all sorts of documents. They have even been used to manage schedules. I have seen people abandon [Microsoft] Outlook and schedule in a wiki as a better alternative.
The big difference is a design change in process. People don’t necessarily want to use a CMS. You need to drop the a priori assumptions on how you do workflow. The old notions of workflow are too cumbersome. Wikis provide enormous flexibility in how users can work together."
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