How Prevalent Are Wikis in the Enterprise? Let Tim Know!

I was recently contacted by Andreas Gohr, author of Docuwiki and administrator at wikimatrix.org – that really nice site that compares features and functions of a growing list of wiki engines. Andi alerted me to a simple little survey that was being conducted by Tim Bartel, an information management student at the University of Cologne.

As part of his diploma thesis about Wikis in Enterprises, Tim is conducting this survey and he needs our help by completing the survey. He is looking for responses from folks working in enterprise environments where wikis may or may NOT be in use. The survey is quick – a dozen or so questions. It took me 2 minutes, so do him a favor – click on this link and fill it out.

It’s a good start, but I do have one criticism – the survey should have included a question about WHERE wikis are being used in the enterprise – IT and relatede technical areas OR in rather non-technical administrative and business process areas?

I suspect I already know what the answer to that one is.

Comments

[Tim 'avatar' Bartel]

Thanks for mentioning the survey. The questions are choosed "dynamically", so normally there is a question about the intended users of the Wiki (Every employee, single departments, external users...). Because of your previous answers you weren't presented that question. So it's possible that the survey takes longer than 2 minutes - but not more then 5, I promise ;-)

[kris]

Of course, I should have realized that - serves me right for rushing through a post. Good luck with the survey, Tim.