Re: [epf-dev] Participation Inequality in User Communities

[Per Kroll <pkroll@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Great article, Jim.

I would like us to work hard on getting
more people active in the project. We will make that happen by the soon-to-come
donations of DSDM, XP, Scrum, Agile Modeling, and Wiki technologies.
But we also need to go to other forums
to recruit people.

I also plan to announce a couple of
meetings where people interested in joining the project, or adopting EPF,
can come and ask questions....

Cheers

Per Kroll
STSM, Manager Methods: RUP / RMC
Project Lead: Eclipse Process Framework
Rational Software, IBM Corp
(M) 408-219-2963

Jim Ruehlin/Irvine/IBM@IBMUS
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10/10/2006 06:30 PM

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Subject	[epf-dev] Participation Inequality in User Communities

There’s an interesting article at http://www.useit.com/alertbox/participation_inequality.html
that provides empirical evidence for the lack of participation in user
communities. This includes communities like EPF, or communities that may
be contributing to a published process via a wiki for instance. Both types
of communities are (or will be) important to the success of EPF processes.
 
The article describes the phenomenon of “participation
inequality” and provides a few measures to address it. It’s a quick read.
 
Article Summary: 
In most online communities, 90% of users are lurkers who never contribute,
9% of users contribute a little, and 1% of users account for almost all
the action. 
 
- Jim
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