Recommended read for those of you having to understand how to support wiki based projects, doing evangelization with senior executives and knowledge workers, fighting against corporate structures, IT managers and limited budgets.

I feel starting from a set of best practices and experience based guidelines in any new adventure could be a real help.

If you happen to fall inside the group mentioned above my suggestion is to review WikiPatterns.

Wikipatterns is not an instruction manual, it’s a set of tools. It’s examples of techniques that have helped people, and of situations that people have found themselves in that they wished they hadn’t. We want to help to identify a nail, and know you might want to hit it with a hammer.

The site is a treasure box made of patterns and antipatterns (very much like in a software development context) for wiki adoption and people management with a long list of additional resources.

As you can tell from the name, this is not a static resource but a wiki effort with the contributions of some of the best consultants in the world. The project is supported by Atlassian but open to everyone.

Participating is easy: choose a nick and start adding your knowledge and ideas.

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