Survey
> 1. Have you ever collaborated with others on a shared project here on the > forum? no > 2. Have you ever wanted to collaborate with others on a shared project here > on the forum but been inhibited from trying? no > 3. What are the most inhibiting factors for collaboration in a thread here? > Can you put these in order of importance? time commitment > 4. Which option best describes how you feel about collaborating with others > on a project in a GG thread? collaborating with others - Exciting via email or GG thread - too hard > 5. Can you put these mechanisms in order of importance for the purposes of > project collaboration on this Google Groups forum? decision making leadership task allocation voting shared documents referencing tasks > 6. If tools were available within a thread that enabled those collaboration > mechanisms on shared projects would you use them? yes > 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; acceptable > 8. In your opinion does this Google Groups forum inhibit collaboration on > shared projects? the one who wants to collaborate will find the way anyway. > 9. Are you happy with Google Groups as a forum? no 10. What do you normally access this forum with? desktop without google account mobile phone via email 11. What do you think are the forum's greatest strengths? people 12. What do you think are the forum's greatest weaknesses? search and indexing 13. Would a 'sticky' guide to Google Groups usage be useful to you? Personally I will not be able to remember all the rules and will brake them because of that. 14. Would you like to move to alternative forum software or stay on Google Groups? a) move 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? vote - but new system should work in parallel for some time On 3 October 2019 11:07:02 GMT-07:00, Watt <[email protected]> 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 > > >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 > > >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). > > >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 > > >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 > > >6. If tools were available within a thread that enabled those >collaboration >mechanisms on shared projects would you use them? > > >a) yes b) no > > >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 > > >8. In your opinion does this Google Groups forum inhibit collaboration >on >shared projects? > > >a) yes b) no > > >9. Are you happy with Google Groups as a forum? > > >a) yes b) no > > >10. What do you normally access this forum with? > > >a) desktop b) mobile phone c) both > > >11. What do you think are the forum's greatest strengths? > > >12. What do you think are the forum's greatest weaknesses? > > >13. Would a 'sticky' guide to Google Groups usage be useful to you? > > >a) yes b) no > > >14. Would you like to move to alternative forum software or stay on >Google >Groups? > > >a) move b) stay > > >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 > > > >*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/097fd5bc-17e5-4d66-8e32-ff499ba86422%40googlegroups.com. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. 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