> The training may not be a bad idea for you. What is the harm in doing it?
The harm? Diversity training doesn't work. That's the harm.
From - https://imeetcentral.com/does-sensitivity-training-actually-work
In a 2007 report for the American Sociological Association, Alexandra Kalev, Frank Dobbin and Erin Kelly studied the effectiveness of six different approaches to diversity management. Among those, diversity training, diversity evaluations and network programs had largely negative effects in creating fair and equal workplaces
My personal wiki is a study and reference tool, so it's structured by subject/vendor (Microsoft -> System Center -> Operations Manager)
My version of the work wiki is structured by customer, then drill down to different sections and eventually individual pages (CustomerA -> Servers/Devices -> ServerA). Unfortunately this project was shutdown as we were ready to go into testing, so I have no idea how well it works in a production environment.
If I may, I recommend looking into Tiki Wiki. It's FLOSS and relatively easy to figure out if you like reading documentation. The Structured Wiki would be your primary feature. For making sure people see changes, you could use the Newsletter feature for distributing changes by email. Or, if you want to be more passive about it, you could create a tracker for important changes then put a widget on the home page of the Wiki displaying the most recent item(s) submitted to the tracker. Or you could do both, saving newsletters to a tracker and then publishing that tracker to the wiki home page.
You mean a ready to go package supporting all this that you can host yourself? Sounds like you're looking for something like a Content Management System. There are bunch out there, but they will require a good level of customizing.
Tiki Wiki is my go to CMS. It could do what you're looking for, but it does require a decent amount of time to learn about the features you'll need. If you have a budget for this, you could find a third party consultant to build it for you. There are a number of companies globally who specialize in Tiki.
I would recommend using ZebraPlan. This is the only agile software I have used that has the built-in capabilities to review code, track the progress of outsourcing teams, and analyze team performance. Much more flexible and easier to use than Jira in my opinion. You can also integrate with GitHub or Subversion. Check them out here: https://www.zebraplan.com
I would recommend using ZebraPlan. This is the only agile software I have used that has the built-in capabilities to review code, track the progress of outsourcing teams, and analyze team performance. Much more flexible and easier to use than Jira and Trello in my opinion. You can also integrate with GitHub or Subversion. Check them out here: https://www.zebraplan.com
I've been using http://workingon.co with hipchat to distribute the "what did I do today question" throughout the day. It works well for remote workers since they can easily forget an important detail after working in isolated conditions all day.
Also, read about the mobile first workplace design http://www.getdonedone.com/remote-first-approach-workplace/
Follow up: There are a ton of great apps in this space. Thanks for the comments and messages.
After weighing through everything - DoneDone looks pretty inline with our requirements - simple, email based for the customer ( no portal to log into ) and integrates with BaseCamp and Harvest which we use internally with no issues. Looks like they have a gorgeous v2 on the way any day now... http://www.getdonedone.com/new-donedone-coming-soon/
JiBit also very nice, no 3rd party integrations but very clean. Other notables are Groovehq, FreshDesk, BugHerd, HappyFox, and of course ZenDesk.
Anyone have success/horror stories with any of these?
Name: SprintGorund
Elevator pitch: Task Management, Release Planning and Collaboration tool for software development teams and enthusiasts.
More details: Just released. Website and the service are live.
Looking for feedback!
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Try the free version of Swift To-Do List AND review the free articles on the site. Those will explain how you got into your situation and how to tackle your problem. One cause may be that you have more items than you can do. Another may be that they're not prioritized by (importance / urgency) or organized / grouped into projects.
The program is not free or inexpensive but you have 30 days to get organized and when the time is up, you can always export you todo lists into something else.
You'll learn a lot from reading those free articles and the free newsletter. Below are sample topics .. One of them is "Is your to-do list impossible to finish?"
That sounds like your problem. Other topics include ..
>"Custom Task Priorities" and "Preserving knowledge and retaining information,"
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>"How to join two different task types (or priorities, contexts, etc) in Swift To-Do List," "The next actions and prioritizing," "Color your tasks,"
The main page shows the features along with a video showing how to get organized in 5 minutes. One secret is the ability rapidly input tasks and subtasks all at once into a window. The program sorts all that out, creates tasks you can attach notes, too, set properties, etc. You can also attach files to tasks.
Here's ultimate bearbones ...
>"So many power users try dozens of complicated todo list software applications, only to go right back to their trusty todo.txt file" -
> Article Excerpt - "Todo.txt stores your tasks in a simple text document, and I’ve been using it for a year now. I honestly wonder why I ever used anything else. -- To-do lists don’t have to be complicated: people literally use pen and paper to keep track of their tasks. And yet most modern to-do apps are bloated nightmares."
You might also try the free 30-day trial of Swift To-Do List. It has an excellent UI that lets you input tasks quickly, organize them if you like, add notes and mark them as done quickly.
Ignore the UI features you don't need and simply use it as a barebones todo list program accessible instantly via hotkey. One useful feature is multi-task entry where you can type many tasks at once.
I use Swift To-Do List. http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software
I haven't needed the pay version's features, nor has my disturbingly organized co-worker who found it. It can handle multiple lists pretty simply, which we find useful.
BTW, I have nothing to do with the company.