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Using forums for internal communications?
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| Has anyone used forums for team communications?
I work at a test lab and with many simultaneous projects and three shifts,
communications get rather cluttered. Emails concerning multiple projects
are usually sent to everyone, many of whom are not involved with the project
(at that point, at least). Email searches provide a list of past
communications but this is not seen in the context of each communication. I
have been considering using a forum to replace communications that are
public to the entire lab and am trying to think of potential pitfalls. I've
spent some time Googling this and the best references I've found are related
to teams based around the country/globe. Has anyone had a good experience
using this in a single lab/office environment?
Thanks for any info,
David
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| In article <N5KdncsFuqimFznbnZ2dnUVZ_remnZ2d@comcast.com>,
davidd31415@yoowhoo.com says...
> Has anyone used forums for team communications?
Sure, forums have been used for team communications for decades.
There are some shortcomings of Usenet style forums, however. There
really isn't any good way to index them easily. You might take a
look at something like an "Issues" database for this.
> I work at a test lab and with many simultaneous projects and three shifts,
> communications get rather cluttered. Emails concerning multiple projects
> are usually sent to everyone, many of whom are not involved with the project
> (at that point, at least). Email searches provide a list of past
> communications but this is not seen in the context of each communication. I
> have been considering using a forum to replace communications that are
> public to the entire lab and am trying to think of potential pitfalls. I've
> spent some time Googling this and the best references I've found are related
> to teams based around the country/globe. Has anyone had a good experience
> using this in a single lab/office environment?
A single site working three shifts is quite like a project being done
around the world. Once time shifts come into play communication gets
more difficult. Forums work fine for time offset "chat" but for more
formal communications like problems, working status, work-arounds,
and resolution you really need something more powerful.
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Keith
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