Confluence

Confluence is a widely used web-based team workspace, task  and collaboration platform developed by Atlassian. It enables teams to create, share, and manage documentation, project plans, meeting notes and knowledge repositories all in one place.

Who it serves & how
Confluence is designed for teams across functions that require co-ordination in the work they do —product development, marketing, operations, HR, research—and scales from small groups to large enterprises. For researchers it helps by:

• Consolidating knowledge (policies, protocols, research documentation) so it’s accessible rather than scattered in emails/folders. 
• Supporting real-time collaboration: multiple users can edit pages simultaneously, comment, mention teammates, attach files and link to related work. 
• Integrating with other tools (notably Jira, Trello, Slack, GitHub) to connect documentation with tasks and workflows. Tettra

  For a research group, Confluence can serve as a central repository for lab protocols, experiment logs, project timelines and team knowledge—reducing duplication and making onboarding easier.