LinkedIn Twitter Facebook  5 responses to “Implementing
Enterprise 2.0 at Intuit, Part Five: Operational Impact and
Lessons Learned”    1. Pankaj      Rather than using so many,
slightly redundant tools, isn’t it better to use an integrated
suite?    2. RJ Johnson       Thank you,    3. Tad Milbourn
@RJ I’m not exactly sure what drove the selection of MediaWiki
back when it was first deployed (2005 I believe, I joined Intuit
in 2006), but it may have been as simple as “it’s what Wikipedia
uses.” That, combined with a price of free got it in the door.
But, it never got widespread adoption mainly due to the fact
that wiki formatting is a large barrier for the average user.
However, it does work for some teams and they still use it. And,
if they’re getting value out of it, that’s a good thing.
Again, I don’t know if other wikis were considered at the time,
but I do know that some teams have experimented with PBWiki and
with WetPaint over the past couple years.      In general, we
have a culture of expe