The goal of this website is to demonstrate the power and simplicity of wiki technology for information organization. Simply said,
wiki is a sophisticated electronic notepad that can be collaboratively edited by multiple individuals.
Welcome to the imaginary wiki of an imaginary company called
BridgeMasters, Ltd., a medium size civil engineering company with the main focus on design of bridges. The management is considering to use wiki to improve the information and data workflow with the company. After relatively thorough investigation of the available wiki software, it was decided to used free open source
TikiWiki software. After consultation with and approval from the management, wiki champion
? worked closely with the MIS department to install the TikiWiki
? software.
Once the wiki software was installed, the wiki champion started to use the wiki to communicate miscellaneous design issues with other employees. Gradually, more people have started to use the wiki. Below is a list of content that has been created up to date.
(Note for visitors of our website:
feel free explore the site or even to join us to try out some wiki features. Create your account by using the box in the right column and feel free to experiment with and to explore our sample wiki. Alternatively, use login
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guest. If you are interested in our assistance with setting up wiki for your own company, please
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Content to Explore
- Sample project management - demonstration of how wiki enables to keep track of all project related issues conveniently in one central place.
- Software list - information about available software, both commercial and in-house.
- Forums on miscellaneous design issues