Wiki

Summary

The purpose of this page is to capture my experience using Wiki tools. I am trying to determine which is the best wiki tool to allow an R&D team collaborate during the inception and prototyping phase of a software development project

JSP Wiki

It was very easy to install but the editing and navigation capabilities where not really great so after about an hour of usage. I decided that it was not really a good fit for what we are trying to do.

JotSpot

It has the advantage of being hosted and has some nice modules (ex: a very flexible spreadsheet and great email integration - which is key for capturing conversational wiki). The cons is that it is not flexible enough and does not really allow easy refactoring/restructure of information. It seems to be focusing more on light-weight applications development than knowledge management.

xwiki

Easy to install and configure (despite the fact that it is extremely flexible and requires a backend database). Comes with a lot of features (PDF, forms, etc...). There is room for improvement on the UI side. Like Jot, it seems to be focusing on light-weight application and not really knowledge and document management. The positive side is that it is open enough to allow development of new modules that could fill those gaps.