A small software company with a worldwide presence uses one wiki to store or access most company information. Using open source software, the wiki started as a small team tool and then grew to reach technical people. An innovative content strategy proposal later extended the reach of the wiki to non-technical people. Five years later, the system is still the backbone of the company.

Crucial factors for the unusual adoption of the wiki included technical competence, judicious leadership, champions at the executive committee, and a compelling proof-of-concept.

Presented at OSDOC’10, November 8, 2010, Lisbon, Portugal.
ISBN 978-1-4503-0480-1/10/11

Also presented at SHiFT'10, ISCTE, and Organização 2.0.

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The Birth of a Company-Wide Wiki

Paper published in the proceedings of OSDOC’10, ISBN 978-1-4503-0480-1/10/11.
Original at http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1936755.1936758