The IT department at Stanford University first discovered Xerox DocuShare when it was investigating knowledge-sharing systems. During a trial of the web-based software, the group discovered it was also a tool that could be used to manage IT projects more effectively.

Stanford is home to 14,000 of the world’s top students and 1,500 faculty, including several Nobel laureates and Pulitzer Prize winners. The IT department manages a variety of projects aimed at developing and implementing new IT applications...