A Taxonomy of Collaboration Tools

Updated on 25 December 2010 by Lokesh Datta

Before we offer our Taxonomy of Collaboration Tools, we address such questions as: Why do we need a taxonomy of collaboration tools? How does the taxonomy help? How do we use the taxonomy? And, so on. Simply put, taxonomy provides order and structure to chaos in the jungle of collaboration tools. Our taxonomy is based on the user-needs for effective collaboration.

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Complex collaboration happening AND growing in importance

Updated on 25 December 2010 by Lokesh Datta

We undertook this study on the State of Collaboration to understand and assess current practices in collaboration and future outlook on collaboration. Over 450 respondents participated in the survey conducted by All Collaboration in January and February 2010. We were struck by three main messages from our survey responses. 1) Complex collaboration is already a significant work activity for many people, and will only grow in importance. 2) Successful collaboration requires mostly the good principles of project management applied to dispersed teams. 3) Keep it simple on the collaboration tools. This post offers survey findings on the first theme: Complex collaboration is already a significant work activity for many people, and will only grow in importance.

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Collaboration x.0: Essentials are still essential

Updated on 25 December 2010 by Lokesh Datta

Collaboration is experiencing growth and importance in the enterprise. Collaboration is a top priority today for senior executives. Driving forces include: trends in globalization and outsourcing, workforce demand for flexibility, critical need for rapid innovation, co-creating value with vendors and customers, technology and tools enabling a networked world, and behavior and expectations of Gen-Y. We undertook a study to understand and assess current practices and future outlook on collaboration. Three main messages emerged from our survey responses.

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Leveraging Social Networking for Enterprise, but HOW?

Updated on 24 December 2010 by Lokesh Datta

Social networking does not make an effective collaborative team for creating economic value, or does it? Is the enterprise confronted with immovable object versus irresistible force? Is IT going from being a “craft” to being a “technician?” Where does collaboration go from here, in the next decade? Big questions indeed! Well, I got some insights at the SDForum on Collaboration 2.0: Collaboration in the Next Decade.

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