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Purpose of this Document. Introduce a tool for collaboration across space and time (QuickPlace, abbreviated “QP”) Explain some of the features that make it distinct from other collaborative tools Motivate its use. Executive Summary - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Purpose of this Document
• Introduce a tool for collaboration across space and time (QuickPlace, abbreviated “QP”)
• Explain some of the features that make it distinct from other collaborative tools
• Motivate its use
Executive Summary
QuickPlace provides web-based, platform independent access to a place where web content can be stored and used by non-experts. It provides tools for teams to interact, workflow processes, document revision control, and customized levels of access. Most importantly, it is easy to learn and use.
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Definitions
• Groupware is technology designed to facilitate the work of groups. – QP belongs to that class of groupware which relies
on computer networks to allow groups to communicate, cooperate, coordinate, solve problems, compete, or negotiate
• Collaboration is the act of shared creation or shared discovery.
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What is QuickPlace?
• QuickPlace is groupware that empowers users to create an online collaborative workspace.
• QuickPlace provides “instant collaboration”. It lets you easily create shared workspaces on the Internet or on an intranet, without any specialized technical knowledge.
• The challenge of collaboration is to address user needs of the type expressed in the following statements:– I need to find people who can help me do my job.
– I need to let others know about this issue, and my opinion about it.
– I need to know who handled this issue the last time and what they did.
– I need a single place to organize status for things I'm involved in.
– I need a way to track the value of this information now and in the future.
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What Can it Do?
• With QuickPlace, anyone with a Web browser can– effortlessly create online meeting and collaborative
applications to • work together• share ideas• ask questions• find answers• form communities
– electronically interact with a geographically disconnected person or group of people as though they were not separated
– exchange information and create knowledge, whether in real time (synchronous collaboration), or episodically, over a period of time (asynchronous collaboration)
• No special clients needed (platform independent access)
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Benefits of Using QP
• QuickPlace provides a rich set of features closely linked to the goals of people collaborating in teams.
• It is easy to use and customize for quick and easy teamwork– inexpensive to license, easy to install, and makes it easy to
create Places.– self-regulating—it allows companies to become more
distributed and workforces to become more flexible.
• You can develop and reuse tools and content with PlaceTypes– It help you maintain or improve corporate standards.– You can reduce team setup time.– It ensures access to available resources.
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Benefits of Using QP2
• It ensures secure collaboration, both asynchronous and synchronous.– Discussions track issues as they develop over
time.– E-mail notification alerts users that something new
requires their attention.– Real-time chat provides immediate communication
in context.
• It is ready to integrate into enterprise applications– Built-in workflow and document management
integrate into enterprise platforms.
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Benefits of Using QP3
• It is URL-driven, and ready to integrate into directories
• You can edit MS Office documents in their native format.
• You can send e-mail directly into QuickPlace, regardless of platform.
• QuickPlace’s import options make content accessible to anyone with a Web browser
• Round-trip editing allows content to be created and edited in its original format
• Minimizes many copies of large documents often seen with e-mail-based collaboration
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People need a virtual meeting place to share things…
• Knowledge , and the people who have knowledge have become the defining assets of the enterprise– Need a way to spread that knowledge through teams
• Teams are often – ad hoc– formed “just in time” to solve a particular problem– then disbanded. (Ehrlich 160).
• As an organization grows, it becomes more challenging to bring people together to share ideas, experience and feedback. When people are separated by distance or time, they need a virtual place to share things—and they need it fast.