The coordinator of an application can close and archive a discussion by clicking a button in the application's properties screen. One place Involv Intranet falls a little short is version control. Involv has a structured document-management application, but it doesn't automatically store version information or previous document versions. Administration is straightforward. In its locally deployed version, Involv Intranet carries with it the heavy administrative burden of any complex Notes application.
Every company has nodes of people who are team-oriented.
These groups would be a logical first choice to test a teamware concept. Longer projects in which institutional knowledge needs to be captured for reuse, or in which customization is useful, will benefit from an application you own and run internally. Either way, though, the cost of entry is very low. While Lotus' Instant TeamRoom 1.1 makes sense for many physically remote, multicompany, or multidepartment teams, we wouldn't choose it for our scenario. The search limitations make discovery difficult in a big team with a compound project.