Overview of the collaborative writing process Summary of KMVDEV discussion: “ [KMVDEV] Document Commenting Tools”

1: What do we need to write? Divergent process Step 1 product : -Thesis -Outline/TOC Tools needed : -Discussion forum -Wiki Activities : -Share ideas -Formulate flow & structures

2: Let’s draft this sucka! Convergent process Step 2 product : -Basic draft -Beginning, middle, end What’s needed ? -Multiple wiki pages -General commenting Activities : -Iterative writing -Discuss themes -Re-organize material

3: Editorial re-writing Wordsmithing process Step 3 product : -Well written content -Organized material -Almost final What’s needed ? -Wiki or MS Word -Specific comments Activities : -Re-writing text -Review & comment

4: Formatting content Design & polishing process Step 4 product : -Final document -Includes images, graphs, tables What’s needed ? -MS Word (or wiki if graphics are simple) Activities : -Formatting content -Inserting images, graphs, tables