GroveSite Allows 'Wiki-Style' Collaboration

June 20, 2005

I'm intrigued by the implications of this kind of announcement, which appeared today:

GroveSite Launches 4.0 at Collaborative Technologies 2005: Wiki-Style Collaboration is Good for Projects

On the surface, one usually thinks of a Wiki as a kind of�collectively written encyclopedia. But I've heard a lot about them as tools for collaboration, knowledge management and project management. Seems to me that one of the possible advantages to using an enhanced�Wiki-type applications�is that it could allow for the storage�and�sharing of unstructured information,�as well as management of and�access to it.

Here is a quote describing what GroveSite does:

"Over the lifetime of a project, today's cross-functional multi-enterprise teams will generate volumes of unstructured information -- ideas, issues, documents and discussions. This unstructured, subjective information impacts the project's success or failure, yet most traditional project management tools only handle structured information such as project tasks, timelines and status.

"GroveSite 4.0 is designed to bridge this gap, giving nontechnical team leaders the ability to manage both structured and unstructured information; it combines core project management functionality with wiki-like team collaboration. GroveSite 4.0's enhanced project management tools include project import/export, task dependencies, milestones, late alerts, issue tracking and Gantt charts. GroveSite has also upgraded its search functionality to include content and file search for all users."

AB -- 6/20/05