Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Collaborative websites

Heard of the wikipedia? It's essentially and encyclopedia on the web, but it's a collaborative website built by readers for readers. It's become a great place to find facts, but wikipediasts - those who contribute to the website - also enjoy the sense of community that comes from building up and sharing knowledge with people around the world.

Well, we're starting up a new collaborative website sort of like that. PMpartner - http://pmpartner.editme.com is a website where we want to build up a community of practice.

What is a community of practice?

Essentially it's a way of sharing good practice, ideas and networking - mostly over the web. The PMpartner website will be built by practitioners for practitioners. This community of practice will focus on building up and sharing knowledge about performance management in partnership. It's a complex area, of growing importance, but there isn't necessary a final word on what good PM in partnership looks like. Building consensus in this area will mean thrashing out a host of ideas and approaches - meaning it's ideal for the collaborative wiki approach.

Give it a try!

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