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On This Page

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Templates

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT: START. If you want to use this site to track Project Management only, delete this line and everything above it.

Project Management Template

Mission / Objectives

You can add a mission statement and objectives here. Create bullets by starting each line with :

• Bullet 1
• Bullet 2

For numbered lists, just use a # sign rather than * to start each line:

1. Bullet 1
2. Bullet 2

Contacts / Members

If you'd like to include a contact list for your team members, you can include it here, in a table, or link to a separate page.

Option A: Table

Team Member	Role	Email	Phone #
Jim	role	anyone@example.org	(202) 555-1212
Suzie	role	anyone@example.org	(202) 555-1212
Bob	role	anyone@example.org	(202) 555-1212

Option B: Separate Page

You can create a separate Contact List page:

• Think of the page name you'd like to use - e.g., Contacts

• Add a link by just typing the name in double brackets. You can make it a heading too by selecting a style from the style drop-down box in the text editor.

  [[Contacts]]

  If you think your wiki will grow, use a prefix like ProjectName to help organize things a bit.
  

  [[ProjectName:Contacts][Contacts]]
   

Schedule

Just like with Contacts, you have different options for including a schedule. You can:

• Include the schedule as a bulleted or numbered list here - just start each line with * for bullets or # for numbers
• Use a table like you can in Contacts above
• Attach a file using the Attach button in the upper right or the link at the bottom of this page, then reference it using the following syntax:
  

  [[ProjectName:Schedule][View schedule]]

Meetings

Want to track meetings in your wiki? You can add a list of meetings to this page or a separate meeting page by adding this to your page:

[[Meetings]] or [[ProjectName:Meetings]]

Just add links to an Agenda page and you now have a spot to post your agenda, attendees, meeting minutes, and action items. Here are two examples to start:

• September 16, 2010: Agenda
• September 9, 2010: Agenda | Minutes

On your Meeting pages, you can list your:

• Agenda and responsibilities
• Attendees
• Meeting materials (use file upload and link right to them!)
• Link to your meeting minutes once they're complete

You can capture your meeting minutes right in your agenda page, if you'd like to make it easier, just by clicking Edit. Here's a sample .

Status Reports

Instead of sending emails or documents for status reports that you need to combine, why not have your team the status report here?

Did you know you can subscribe to pages in the site? Take a look below and look for the "WebNotify" option. Any time someone updates the page, you will receive an alert.

Set up a page for each week, like we showed you with the Meeting Agendas / Minutes above. Then leave a spot for each of them to add their activities. Better yet, you can list the tasks and let them report to each. You'll get an update each time someone edits the page, and can compare versions if needed to see who did what. Here are a couple ways to do it.

Option A: Table

Team Member	Activities this week	Next week	Concerns
Jim	Created data model Set up web services	Set up security privileges	Still need SLAs
Suzie	Created personas Interviewed users	Identify design features	None
Bob	PLACEHOLDER	PLACEHOLDER	PLACEHOLDER

Option B: List

If you move this list to a separate page, you can promote the headings by removing equal signs. That will also increase the font size.

Jim

Activities this week

1. Created data model
2. Set up web services

Next week

1. Set up security privileges

Concerns

1. Still need SLAs

Action Items

You can add action items as a numbered list, like this:

1. Action item 1. Due: 12/29/2010
2. Action item 2. Due: 12/31/2010

Or, you can put the action items in a table and make it sortable by leaving in " sortable" in the markup. The slightly different due date format (YYYY-MM-DD) helps make the Due date column sortable.

#	Action item	Assigned to	Due	Status
1	Text	Name	2010-12-29	Open
3	Text	Name	2010-12-30	Open

PROJECT MANAGEMENT: END. If you want to use this site to track Project Management only, delete this line and everything below it.

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STATUS REPORTS: START. If you want to use this site to track Status Reports, delete this line and everything above it.

Status Report Template

Instead of sending emails or documents for status reports that you need to combine, why not have your team create the status report here?

Did you know you can subscribe to pages in the site? Take a look below and look for the "WebNotify" option. Any time someone updates the page, you will receive an alert.

Set up a page for each week, like we showed you with the Meeting Agendas / Minutes above. Then leave a spot for each of them to add their activities. Better yet, you can list the tasks and let them report to each. You'll get an update each time someone edits the page, and can compare versions if needed to see who did what. Here are a couple ways to do it.

Status Updates

Option A: Table 1

Team Member	Activities this week	Next week	Concerns
Jim	Created data model Set up web services	Set up security privileges	Still need SLAs
Suzie	Created personas Interviewed users	Identify design features	None
Bob	PLACEHOLDER	PLACEHOLDER	PLACEHOLDER

Option B: Table 2

Project Name	Weekly Update	Status	Open Issues	Project Owner	Project Team	Date of Update
Project 1	Activities performed this week	On time	None	Jim Smith	Sarah Collins	2010-11-15
Project 2	Activities performed this week	Ahead of Schedule	None	Suzie Westoff	Nick Padock	2010-11-10
Project 3	Activities performed this week	Late	Need review of documents	Bob Doran	Meg Bailey	2010-11-05
Project 4	Activities performed this week	On Hold	Need clearance	Jim Smith	Sarah Collins	2010-11-01

Option C: List

If you move this list to a separate page, you can promote the headings by removing equal signs. That will also increase the font size.

Jim

Activities this week

1. Created data model
2. Set up web services

Next week

1. Set up security privileges

Concerns

1. Still need SLAs

Action Items

You can add action items as a numbered list, like this:

1. Action item 1. Due: 12/29/2010
2. Action item 2. Due: 12/31/2010

Or, you can put the action items in a table and make it sortable by leaving in " sortable" in the markup. The slightly different due date format (YYYY-MM-DD) helps make the Due date column sortable

#	Action Item	Assigned to	Due	Status
1	Text	Name	2010-12-28	Open
2	Text	Name	2010-12-27	Open
3	Text	Name	2010-12-26	Open

Open Issues

ID	Description of Issue	Date Logged	Owner	Status	Comments
1	Issue 1	2010-11-15	Jim Smith	Delayed	Insert comments
2	Issue 2	2010-11-05	Suzie Westoff	On Hold	Insert comments
3	Issue 3	2010-11-01	Bob Doran	On Time	Insert comments

STATUS REPORT: END. If you want to use this site to track Status Reports only, delete this line and everything below it.

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IDEAS / BRAINSTORMING: START. If you want to use this site to create a document, delete this line and everything above it.

Ideas / Brainstorming Template

Want to get reactions from your team on different ideas or options? Or just use this space for brainstorming? Try this approach.

1. Add your ideas, and use the pre tag you'll see here to outline ideas and raw material in dotted lines.
2. Add your own comments or thoughts or send the link to your team.

They can either add their comments right after the ideas, or, if you create one page per idea, they can use the "Discuss this page" link at the bottom of each page to talk about the page.

Option A:  Give everyone a site like this to track their daily ideas.

1. John Smith: Wouldn't that create too many sites?

Option B:  Use one site to collect all ideas.

1. Jane Doe: This could work really well. And it would make it easy to search for things.

IDEAS / BRAINSTORMING: END. If you want to use this site to create a document, delete this line and everything below it.

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EVENT MANAGEMENT: START. If you want to use this site to track Events only, delete this line and everything above it.

Event Management Template

This site's also a great tool to help you manage an event - whether it's a meeting, a workshop, or a virtual web conference. Using the site's page editing and commenting ability, attendees can edit the page to add their name to the RSVP list and add comments (e.g., questions, reactions, etc.) about the event or individual presentations.

You can easily set up a page as described in sections above with:

[[Events:EventNameOrDate | Event Name]]

Then use a structure like this:

Event Name

Description

Include a brief description here

When

Add a date and time (including time zone!) for your event.

Where

Include both the locations and directions if needed

Agenda

You can include a bullet point agenda using this structure:

1. Agenda item 1
2. Agenda item 2
3. Agenda item 3...

Or if you'd like attendees to share a schedule for the event, a table might be a good approach.

Time	Topic	Presenter	Slides / Resources
9:00 - 9:30 AM EDT	Topic 1	Jane Doe Designer	Filename
9:30 - 10:00 AM EDT	Topic 2	John Smith	Filename
10:00 - 10:30 AM EDT	Topic 3	Melanie Drupal	Filename

If you'd like, you can create a page for each presenter to post their biography and presentation materials. This also gives you a place to have attendees post comments about individual presentations.

EVENT MANAGEMENT: END. If you want to use this site to track Events only, delete this line and everything below it.

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DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT: START. If you want to use this site to create a document, delete this line and everything above it.

Document Creation Template

Title

Insert the title of the document.

Author

Add the name of the Author(s). You could list authors in two ways.

Option A: List

1. First Name/Last Name, Title, Phone Number, Email
2. First Name/Last Name, Title, Phone Number, Email
3. First Name/Last Name, Title, Phone Number, Email

Option B: Table

Name	Title	Email	Phone number
Author 1	Role	anyone@example.org	(202) 555-1212
Author 2	Role	anyone2@example.org	(202) 555-1213
Author 3	Role	anyone3@example.org	(202) 555-1214

Date

Insert the date of the report here.

Version History

Insert a list of the major changes made. You can also use this section to indicate if the document is in draft form, is in review, or has been finalized.

Option A: List

1. Name: Description of changes
2. Name: Description of changes
3. Name: Description of changes

Option B: Table

Name	Date	Description of Changes
Author 1	Nov. 2, 2011	Description
Author 2	Nov. 5, 2011	Description
Author 3	Nov. 7, 2011	Description

Table of Contents

You can add a list of the major sections here. Create bullets by starting each line with *:

• Bullet 1
• Bullet 2

For numbered lists, just use a # sign rather than * to start each line:

1. Bullet 1
2. Bullet 2

Heading One

Use this heading for major sections of the document.

Heading Two

Use this heading for subsections.

Heading Three

Use this heading for smaller sections.

Bulleted Lists

Create bullets by starting each line with *:

• Bullet 1
• Bullet 2

Numbered Lists

For numbered lists, just use a # sign rather than * to start each line:

1. Bullet 1
2. Bullet 2

Tables

Insert tables to display large amounts of data.

Images / Figures

Insert images and figures to illustrate important items. Label each figure with a figure reference. Examples of figure references are included below:

• Fig. 1: Insert description
• Fig. 2: Insert description

Related Links

Insert links to related sources.

• GSA - http://www.gsa.gov
• Related link

References

Insert references at the bottom of your document or create a separate page to add your references.

Related Documents or Appendices

Add new pages for related document or appendices.

DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT: END. If you want to use this site to create a document, delete this line and everything below it.

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Main Web Utilities

• WelcomeGuest - for first time visitors
• Registration - become a plainlanguage user
• TWikiUsers - list of users of this plainlanguage site
• TWikiGroups - list of groups used for access control
• - advanced search
• WebTopicList - all topics in alphabetical order
• WebChanges - recent topic changes in this web
• WebNotify - subscribe to an e-mail alert sent when topics change
• WebRss, WebAtom - RSS and ATOM news feeds of topic changes
• WebStatistics - listing popular topics and top contributors
• WebPreferences - preferences of this web