On Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 9:37:02 PM UTC+3:30, Watt wrote: > > Hi, > > > This is a survey preparing for the forthcoming '*Conference on > Collaboration on Google Groups*' to be held from the 11th October 2019, > from which I hope to produce a report of some kind. > > > This survey builds on this earlier post, which is now 'closed'. > > https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/TiddlyWiki/2Dm_CrEfe3Q > > > If you copy paste the survey below into your reply post and then delete > the answers you don't want then this might work. > > Alternatively please number your answers with the question number. > > All questions are optional, of course. I'll avoid thanking each response > but take it as read that I'm very grateful for your interest! > > > Please read the *'Hypothetical Project'* below before answering anything > as it illustrates what I mean by 'Collaboration'. If you are able to answer > any of the questions there with practical suggestions please do, but that's > even more optional. Thanks for your time! > > > > *Survey* > > 1. Have you ever collaborated with others on a shared project here on the > forum? > > > a) yes b) no >
a > > 2. Have you ever wanted to collaborate with others on a shared project > here on the forum but been inhibited from trying? > > > a) yes b) no > b > > 3. What are the most inhibiting factors for collaboration in a thread > here? Can you put these in order of importance? > > a) time commitment b) personalities c) difficulty of organising it d) lack > of practical tools e) Google Groups forum limitations f) Other (specify if > you want). > > > e, d, c > 4. Which option best describes how you feel about collaborating with > others on a project in a GG thread? > > > a) Powerful b)Exciting c) Effective d) Distracting e) Debilitating f) No > interest > d > > 5. Can you put these mechanisms in order of importance for the purposes of > project collaboration on this Google Groups forum? > > > a) election b) task monitoring c) decision making d) task allocation e) > voting f) leadership > f, c, d, b > > 6. If tools were available within a thread that enabled those > collaboration mechanisms on shared projects would you use them? > > > a) yes b) no > a > > 7. If you had to click and exit this forum in order to use an external > tool that enabled collaboration, e.g Google Forms, would you find it; > > > a) acceptable b) distracting c) unacceptable > a > > 8. In your opinion does this Google Groups forum inhibit collaboration on > shared projects? > > > a) yes b) no > a > > 9. Are you happy with Google Groups as a forum? > > > a) yes b) no > a, there is no alternative so bad is better than nothing! > 10. What do you normally access this forum with? > > > a) desktop b) mobile phone c) both > c > > 11. What do you think are the forum's greatest strengths? > kind and helpful members > > 12. What do you think are the forum's greatest weaknesses? > if you use forum as an Q&A it is enough for this purpose! but it is not good for collaboration. > > 13. Would a 'sticky' guide to Google Groups usage be useful to you? > > > a) yes b) no > a > > 14. Would you like to move to alternative forum software or stay on Google > Groups? > > > a) move b) stay > a > > 15. Would you like to vote on a list of alternative forum software or > trust the choice made by the people who'd have to implement it? > > > a) vote b) trust choice made c) don't want to use alternative software > > > a > > *Hypothetical Project* > > Imagine you are participating in a thread here on Google Groups about a > Tiddlywiki you are building to cover the Rugby World Cup. 10 other rugby > loving forum users are participating in the thread. > > > The World Cup has started so there is some time pressure. You decide that > collaborating together to construct the wiki would get the job done better > and faster. > > > The other participants are very strong willed, with very different > opinions on how things should be done, they each support different teams. > > > You can't take the project out of the google group thread and you can't > use external software solutions. > > > *(If you have a practical 'how to' suggestion for any of these questions > please do put it in, but it's not part of the survey)* > > > How would you initiate formal collaboration? > > > Would you elect a team leader? > > > Do you think not having a leader could work? > > > What problems do you think the leader/collaborator roles might encounter? > > > How would you hold an election? > > > How would you reach decisions? > > > How would you hold a vote? > > > How would you agree who does which tasks? > > > What tools would be useful to manage the project? > > > How would you agree deadlines with the 10 collaborators? > > > How would you monitor progress? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/4b17efd9-ecc4-454e-9dd6-edb6a7117be8%40googlegroups.com.
