Comments on: Tag-Based Workflow http://blog.groupswim.com/2008/06/18/tag-based-workflow/ Thoughts on Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, and SaaS Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:38:35 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jason http://blog.groupswim.com/2008/06/18/tag-based-workflow/#comment-142 Jason Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:01:08 +0000 http://groupswim.wordpress.com/?p=70#comment-142 Thorsten, I appreciate the feedback. I do think this would require discipline, but it could be useful for small teams as a precursor to other things we do in the future. I actually see the mixture of files and discussions across groups as a plus, not a minus. In this case, if I was assigned or managing multiple items, I could cut across all of them using the tags. You can also predefine and prioritize tags using our tag training so this will help as well. I'll pass on more as we give it a shot. Please share your experience as well if you try it. I'm happy to brainstorm with you if you are interested. Jason Thorsten,

I appreciate the feedback. I do think this would require discipline, but it could be useful for small teams as a precursor to other things we do in the future.

I actually see the mixture of files and discussions across groups as a plus, not a minus. In this case, if I was assigned or managing multiple items, I could cut across all of them using the tags. You can also predefine and prioritize tags using our tag training so this will help as well.

I’ll pass on more as we give it a shot. Please share your experience as well if you try it. I’m happy to brainstorm with you if you are interested.

Jason

]]> By: Thorsten Arndt http://blog.groupswim.com/2008/06/18/tag-based-workflow/#comment-141 Thorsten Arndt Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:36:41 +0000 http://groupswim.wordpress.com/?p=70#comment-141 Curious about your experience... I see too major faults: a) It requires too much discipline b) any kind of "Discussion" or "File" that I apply this too will be mixed up with other topics. Obviously, I could use a separate group for "Task", but why would I want to separate a task from the group that it belongs to? One option that might work: Add a new section in a group called "Tasks", and then allow the manager to be more rigid in terms of tagging, e.g. allowing him/her to predefine tags without the option for users to add tags... not sure whether this would work as I've never worked anywhere where a task mgmt system was employeed... just a thought... Curious about your experience… I see too major faults:
a) It requires too much discipline
b) any kind of “Discussion” or “File” that I apply this too will be mixed up with other topics. Obviously, I could use a separate group for “Task”, but why would I want to separate a task from the group that it belongs to?

One option that might work: Add a new section in a group called “Tasks”, and then allow the manager to be more rigid in terms of tagging, e.g. allowing him/her to predefine tags without the option for users to add tags… not sure whether this would work as I’ve never worked anywhere where a task mgmt system was employeed… just a thought…

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