DISQUS

mattb4rd · 9 months ago

How would something like this compare with MS Sharepoint?

Daniel J. Pritchett · 9 months ago

Pretty different, I'd say. SharePoint has document management and
automatically created user accounts thanks to LDAP or the Active Directory.
Facebook has... groups and email and photo/video management. I figure they
could coexist somewhat peacefully on a network if necessary.

Daria · 9 months ago

Great idea,
The only thing is that it probably won't work in many organizations. Besides, you still keep your plans and communications in two separate places. So you need to copy information back and forth. Another option here could be checking out project management 2.0 tools that integrate communications with project planning. Tools like Wrike for example.

Daniel J. Pritchett · 9 months ago

Thanks for the Wrike link, Daria.
It certainly makes sense to integrate project planning with collaborations
tools on a single destination site. What we've got now is something far
different - thick client MS Project for planning and a combination of
network file shares and Lotus Notes databases for project tracking and
collaboration documents.

My initial goal is just to get as much of this workflow as possible moved to
transparent web-based services. It might be the best solution to jump
straight to something like your tool, but even a Facebook/other ecosystem is
a big jump from where we are today.

Tug · 9 months ago

Interesting discussion. I'm looking for the perfect blend between facebook and wiki for use in the workplace. Currently using MOSS which gets the wiki part done but just doesn't seem to get me the social networking interaction. I will be checking back to see how you get on! Good luck!

Daniel J. Pritchett · 9 months ago

Have you checked out the socnet addons for Moss such as the Newsgator
group tool? I'm on by iPod now but I will run down some links for you
later.

Tug · 9 months ago

Had a look at Newsgator and a few other add ons and looks good - not sure on licence costs though. Have you or anyone used newsgator's socnet solution with any success?Any idea on costs?

I'm also looking at non-MS solutions (e.g. cyn.in). One of the challenges is we are creating common global content which is then published to 30 country variation sites which are then localised by in-country teams - often translated as well. MOSS does this well but does work out expensive for this added functionlity. I'm looking to see if i can get that publication functionality more cheaply with some better socnet in other products. Look forward to your other socnet add on links - thanks.

Daniel J. Pritchett · 8 months ago

It sounds like a MOSS solution will become pretty unwieldy as you scale it out to 30 localized sites and a huge infrastructure. If you absolutely insist on getting it done that way, I'd suggest you read up on Sharepoint Joel - he's a longtime SP consultant and former Microsoft SP team member. http://www.sharepointjoel.com/default.aspx

You may find yourself better off switching to a standalone solution from a SaaS provider. I believe Atlassian, Telligent, and Jive all have different takes on this.

When it comes to off the shelf Enterprise 2.0 solutions you'll probably need to ask dedicated consultants in the space like Susan Scrupski (@itsinsider on Twitter) or employees of E2.0 firms such as @bhc3 and @lliu. As interested as I am in these topics, I do not have the dedicated E2.0 professional's experience in the area.

Daniel J. Pritchett · 8 months ago

Lawrence Liu of Telligent recommended Mindtouch in a tweet just now. Have you seen it, Tug?

Daniel J. Pritchett · 8 months ago

Here's another Sharepoint plugin from Socialtext: http://www.socialtext.com/products/connectors.php

Thanks Mike Dunn for the link via FriendFeed: http://friendfeed.com/e/cac53a8b-50ba-49c5-92dc...

Daniel J. Pritchett · 8 months ago

If you're specifically looking to harness the best ideas of your workforce, take a look at innovation management tools. Blogger friend Hutch Carpenter has recently announced his employment with Spigit, a provider of innovation management.

Hutch's latest post touches on the products IdeaSpigit, InnovationSpigit, and PredictionSpigit. I am particularly interested in the use of internal prediction markets to improve company performance. This is something we've seen before in the excellent mass collaboration book Wikinomics, and I'd love to see PMs become more widespread.

djekels · 3 months ago

did you ever get this to work, and how was the acceptance in the office?

Daniel J. Pritchett · 3 months ago

We are moving towards a Sharepoint rollout (MOSS 2007) and I'm getting myself involved as much as possible in hopes of keeping the sociability of the platform high.

For existing implementations you might want to check Deloitte (D Street as seen here http://www.slideshare.net/whatidiscover/managin...) and Lockheed Martin - they both have MOSS-based Facebook-style applications working in house.

For the "internal facebook" question the big benefit seems to be in expert location. I addressed that to some extent here: http://www.sharingatwork.com/2009/08/presentati...

Let me know if you'd like help getting in touch with people closer to live implementations of the internal facebook idea.