BPAWG - Collaborative Tools Confluence What is a Wiki and 3 Reasons to Use One Wiki: A Web site developed collaboratively by a community of users, allowing any user to add and edit content. - Wikipedia June 18, 2012 Or: Many hands make lighter work so teams can work together to achieve a common goal.

BPAWG - Collaborative Tools Confluence Reason #1 June 18, 2012 Anyone Can Contribute – Connects teams in one place where they can create content easily and quickly. Because wikis are easy to use, it encourages a culture of collaboration where everyone can contribute and communicate using their favorite web browser. Quote from Star Wars found at Wookieepedia: Wedge Antilles: “You need to consider working as a team player”. Han Solo: “I’m a team player. As long as the rest of the team stays behind me.”

BPAWG - Collaborative Tools Confluence Reason #2 June 18, 2012 Capture Knowledge in One Place – Provide a single place where teams can add, edit and store information that they can revisit at any time. This helps the flow of information by getting it out of and off local desktops.

BPAWG - Collaborative Tools Confluence Reason #3 June 18, 2012 Ease of Use Wikis are very easy to use. There are no coding skills required. It is simple to get up and running quickly. This means there is no barrier to team members contributing even if they have never used a wiki before.

BPAWG - Collaborative Tools Confluence Benefits of Confluence Wiki June 18, 2012 Keep your Private Parts, Private: Content can be viewable to the public, but also restricted on the page level to individuals or groups. Stay in Touch with Your Important Content: Recent content changes are easy to find in the activity stream or sent via . Easy to Use Editor Helps Organize Your Content: New users can quickly and easily add, update and format content for good collaboration.