Comments on: Using Wikis for Project Management http://blog.thelemur.com/processes/using-wikis-for-project-management Home of all things lemur Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:53:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Billy http://blog.thelemur.com/processes/using-wikis-for-project-management/comment-page-1#comment-73795 Billy Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:50:13 +0000 http://blog.thelemur.com/?p=45#comment-73795 Dokuwiki has some excellent plugins to support project/task management. But in Mediawiki it's not so convenient. It would be better if this article could go into more depth. Dokuwiki has some excellent plugins to support project/task management. But in Mediawiki it’s not so convenient.
It would be better if this article could go into more depth.

]]> By: Piter http://blog.thelemur.com/processes/using-wikis-for-project-management/comment-page-1#comment-58249 Piter Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:28:38 +0000 http://blog.thelemur.com/?p=45#comment-58249 If you need a tool to manage your software development projects, I can reccommend http://www.ganttzilla.com If you need a tool to manage your software development projects,
I can reccommend

http://www.ganttzilla.com

]]> By: Ashley http://blog.thelemur.com/processes/using-wikis-for-project-management/comment-page-1#comment-55485 Ashley Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:56:08 +0000 http://blog.thelemur.com/?p=45#comment-55485 Everone has known Wikipedia and its the no.1 influential website too. So giving links to Wikis has been a good strategy nowadays and people opt for it too. So we must make sure that we choose the right wikis for us Everone has known Wikipedia and its the no.1 influential website too. So giving links to Wikis has been a good strategy nowadays and people opt for it too. So we must make sure that we choose the right wikis for us

]]> By: John http://blog.thelemur.com/processes/using-wikis-for-project-management/comment-page-1#comment-11 John Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:33:17 +0000 http://blog.thelemur.com/?p=45#comment-11 Wikis are great for centralizing knowledge for team collaboration. But we found that always going back and updating the wiki was cumbersome. We found it best to enter our comments in the mode we are working and then aggregate that knowledge using a keyword search. For example, if we are tracking our time, we add notes to the time entry. If we are updating a task, we add our notes there. Wikis are great for a lot of purposes, but for us, project management was not one of them. Wikis are great for centralizing knowledge for team collaboration. But we found that always going back and updating the wiki was cumbersome. We found it best to enter our comments in the mode we are working and then aggregate that knowledge using a keyword search. For example, if we are tracking our time, we add notes to the time entry. If we are updating a task, we add our notes there. Wikis are great for a lot of purposes, but for us, project management was not one of them.

]]> By: lemur http://blog.thelemur.com/processes/using-wikis-for-project-management/comment-page-1#comment-9 lemur Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:50:18 +0000 http://blog.thelemur.com/?p=45#comment-9 Garry, Thanks for your comment. I agree with "I don’t think a project can be managed using a wiki as the only project management tool." The tone of the first paragraph might suggest using a Wiki for all PM tasks, but I tried to outline some overuses of Wikis such as time tracking, bug tracking, etc. I'm suggesting project managers use the right tool for the task. For example, I use OneNote to draw planning diagrams and upload them to a Wiki page for comments. Time tracking and estimation is done in FogBugz but I might have a screenshot of the latest delivery probability graph. Garry,

Thanks for your comment. I agree with “I don’t think a project can be managed using a wiki as the only project management tool.” The tone of the first paragraph might suggest using a Wiki for all PM tasks, but I tried to outline some overuses of Wikis such as time tracking, bug tracking, etc. I’m suggesting project managers use the right tool for the task.

For example, I use OneNote to draw planning diagrams and upload them to a Wiki page for comments. Time tracking and estimation is done in FogBugz but I might have a screenshot of the latest delivery probability graph.

]]> By: Garry http://blog.thelemur.com/processes/using-wikis-for-project-management/comment-page-1#comment-8 Garry Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:48:31 +0000 http://blog.thelemur.com/?p=45#comment-8 Wiki is a great technology indeed. It offers a lot of flexibility in the collaboration area. But I doubt that wikis are perfect project menegement tools. They lack control and planning features. They can curtaintly facilitate project team\'s collaboration, but I don\'t think a project can be managed using a wiki as the only project management tool. In the very beggining you mention project management tools that work like wikis.I don\'t know about all of them, but I\'m familiar with wrike, as we use it for a couple of our projects. What I like about it is that it has both flexibility and ease of use of a wiki and strong scheduling/rescheduling features. Wiki is a great technology indeed. It offers a lot of flexibility in the collaboration area. But I doubt that wikis are perfect project menegement tools. They lack control and planning features. They can curtaintly facilitate project team\’s collaboration, but I don\’t think a project can be managed using a wiki as the only project management tool. In the very beggining you mention project management tools that work like wikis.I don\’t know about all of them, but I\’m familiar with wrike, as we use it for a couple of our projects. What I like about it is that it has both flexibility and ease of use of a wiki and strong scheduling/rescheduling features.

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