Jim Lundy » Anthony Bradley http://blogs.gartner.com/jim_lundy A member of the Gartner Blog Network Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:59:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Seven Characteristics for Uses of Social Software http://blogs.gartner.com/jim_lundy/2009/05/06/seven-characteristics-for-uses-of-social-software/ http://blogs.gartner.com/jim_lundy/2009/05/06/seven-characteristics-for-uses-of-social-software/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 22:29:34 +0000 Jim Lundy http://blogs.gartner.com/jim_lundy/?p=82 Gartner’s Anthony Bradley and Dr. Nikos Drakos wrote a great Research Note last year that described the 7 Characteristics of Good Purposes for Social Software.

Summary
Successful communities result not from technologies, but from a properly defined business purpose. 

Below is the list of the seven characteristics.
1. Magnetic
2. Aligned
3. Low Risk
4. Properly Scoped
5. Facilitates Evolution
6. Measureable
7. Community Driven

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