Seems like a very tame version of google documents

Yeah Allan, there are some similarities, however Google Documents doesn’t have the highlight commenting which then creates its own conversation area. Additionally, Google Documents lacks the approval requesting on pages.

I see where you’re coming from though. Google’s application has some very potent features, but Coventi did a nice job in my opinion for, um, not being Google. :-)

@ Matt - don’t take me as rude, their app looks dandy… But seems like a waste of time to mimic a company that supplies a free app only to have a couple small features differating the two apps.

@ Allen: Have you had a chance to use Coventi? Let me give you some background on the problem we’re solving.

We target authors who are looking for precise feedback on their documents along with tight control of the content. Let’s compare Coventi to the competition based on that use case.

In Coventi, authors share static revisions of the document, which can then be discussed by the group in targeted conversation threads. Once the group has reached consensus, the author can edit the content and share another static revision. This cycle can continue until the the document is approved by the group.

Google Docs and wikis focus on collaborative editing. Authors can either lock someone out of editing the document (and sometimes allow them to leave a comment at the bottom), or let them edit the content.

Our user interviews tell us that collaborative editing is not enough. People hate having to discuss specific sections of text with email and global comments, and hate having their content changed by overzealous co-authors.

This is the real pain of document collaboration, and this is where we’re way ahead.

Allen, it would be great if you gave Coventi a try. We can use this thread to discuss further, or you can contact me directly at dan@coventi.com.

@ Matt: Thanks for the great writeup, and for sparking this discussion. You’ve got a great blog here.

@Allan: Sorry about the typo on your name!

@Alen: I can only concur with what @Dan says.

There are many tools around including http://www.thinkature.com
http://www.conceptshare.com http://www.reviewbasics.com
http://www.pleasereview.com
http://www.coventi.com

Each has there specific niche but actually none works quite as well as Coventi for collaborative reviewing and approvals of word documents.

I work in an IT development environment across many different sites and countries. Nothing quite matches the way that Coventi allows me to work in a web 2 innovative environment allowing effective and efficient collaboration in a way that meets requirements for international standards for quality.

As as @Matt says while there is nothing wrong with the user interface it has some scope for improvement, however the guys at Coventi are very responsive to user input and I am sure the refinements will occur in the near time.

In the mean time Coventi sure leaves the other providers behind in the shear functionality provided.

Well done Coventi !

Looks like coventi is focusing their efforts down to a niche market that utilizes online document processing, while google docs are more generic covering a greater base.

As an user of Coventi, I think one of the things to think about in terms of how Coventi compares to Google and Wikis is the idea of changing tools not how you work.

Google Documents and Wikis help get people out of their inbox with one way of working: edit each others work. This is great when ownership and control over content is not needed, such as a list of questions or a list of bugs. But it doesn’t work well when you need ownership and control over both your content and communications, such as a product specification or PR letter. In a business environment, people work in many ways: sometimes you need to just collate a list of questions while at others you need to own a document, and drive agreement around the content. When non-techie users use Google Docs and wikis, they often find it hard to sustain the switch from email because the software forces one way of working upon them. There are access controls in these tools but that gets rid of much of the interactivity — these tools are designed to be highly open in terms of editing, and being highly open is not appropriate in many business situations.

Coventi, in comparison, gives users a collection of tools to get out of their inbox. One of those tools is editing each others work (Coventi does offer this), the other is discussion and track changes type functionality, and a third is workflow/approval. In the future I can imagine tools such as screen sharing and location sharing for people who are discussing a document over the phone. This collection of tools is powerful because a non-techie user can now use Coventi for the many different ways they engage with team members. Need to collate a list of questions? check. Need to drive a document and build agreement? check. Need to discuss a document over the phone or in a face to face meeting, but want a better way to determine whichs section people are talking about? check.

By embracing how people naturally work rather than trying to impose a new way of working upon them, Coventi makes it easy for someone to adopt a replacement to business email.

I think that in this framework (at least for me) Coventi might have a compelling edge against Google and the slew of wiki companies.

I’ll be writing and revising curriculum with other teachers who all teach at different schools in the district this year. Coventi seems to be a good solution as we’re all in different locations. Any idea what the size limit is that can be imported to Coventi?

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