I’m working on several “de-centralized” teams right now. One of the teams is spread out all over the state (New Mexico) and there are a lot of complaints about the ineffectiveness of our communication as we work on projects together. Sound familiar?
I brought up Basecamp (www.basecamphq.com) about 18 months ago and have been trying to get everyone on board. But there have been the usual barriers to implementation. They range from one end of the spectrum to the other. From lack of basic computer skills and not being able to access the website to advanced computer users thinking that basecamp is too simplistic and ”there’s got to be somthin’ better out there”.
So for the past couple of weeks I’ve revisited what is available on Web 2.0 for collaborative teams and found that there are many, many good tools out there.
Now my quandary is . . . do I switch from the relatively simplistic Basecamp to one of the other tools, or do I stay with Basecamp.
Ultimately this is a people issue and not a technology issue because almost all of the tools are adequate and would improve the effectiveness of this teams communication. So how am I going to address the ”people” issues. Stay tuned . . . for how I’ll do it AND my comments on some of the other tools I’ve been working with and why I use them.
