I've been asked to create website policies and guidelines ("Webguide") for the state agency that employs me. This work can certainly be done by me alone but I decided to invite others to contribute content.

The obvious goal is to produce the Webguide, but there are other concepts that I am prototyping with this project:

Web 2.0 Collaborative Authoring: We use MediaWiki to capture the content.

Agile Project Management: We're utilizing several Agile concepts. For example, project milestones are created using sprints. We also utilize Stand-up Meetings.

Note that the intent is not to implement a rigorous Agile development environment. Rather, it's to explore the concepts and understand how they might be applied to other production activities.

Multi-site Teams: There are currently five content authors in two sites. While the sites are within walking distance, I decided to try SameTime (YouTube video) chats for the stand-up meetings. An interesting side-effect of using SameTime is that the text of the meeting can be saved. So far, we've had one meeting and the chat transcript is stored on the wiki.

Is It Working?: It's a little early to tell. So far, I'd say the results are promising.