Comments on: Why is KM Important? http://pmtips.net/knowledge-management-important/ Guidance for Real Life Projects Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:47:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Graham Perry http://pmtips.net/knowledge-management-important/comment-page-1/#comment-3778 Graham Perry Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:39:08 +0000 http://pmtips.net/?p=244#comment-3778 Knowledge Management is critical where there are a number of contractors involved in delivery. Phase 1 of the project comes along and is delivered. A couple of contract Project Managers end their contract Phase 2 comes along but much of the knowledge and experience gained in Phase 1 has left. This leads creates a risk to the project (knowledge risk) and increases timescales and costs due to the extra training effort. As Arjun's article says 'KM is not new'. It is easy to implement (Word & Excel documents in its simplest form) but unfortunately it is often overlooked due to project delivery pressures. Knowledge Management is critical where there are a number of contractors involved in delivery.

Phase 1 of the project comes along and is delivered.

A couple of contract Project Managers end their contract

Phase 2 comes along but much of the knowledge and experience gained in Phase 1 has left. This leads creates a risk to the project (knowledge risk) and increases timescales and costs due to the extra training effort.

As Arjun’s article says ‘KM is not new’. It is easy to implement (Word & Excel documents in its simplest form) but unfortunately it is often overlooked due to project delivery pressures.

]]> By: When do i start my KM initiative? | Project Management Tips http://pmtips.net/knowledge-management-important/comment-page-1/#comment-108 When do i start my KM initiative? | Project Management Tips Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:33:03 +0000 http://pmtips.net/?p=244#comment-108 [...] week or so I have put up posts on subjects like Knowledge Mapping, Communication Strategies for KM, Why KM is important and Web 2.0.  Knowledge Management is a vast subject and while it might be a little difficult to address all [...] [...] week or so I have put up posts on subjects like Knowledge Mapping, Communication Strategies for KM, Why KM is important and Web 2.0.  Knowledge Management is a vast subject and while it might be a little difficult to address all [...]

]]> By: Why is knowledge map important? | Project Management Tips http://pmtips.net/knowledge-management-important/comment-page-1/#comment-93 Why is knowledge map important? | Project Management Tips Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:26:36 +0000 http://pmtips.net/?p=244#comment-93 [...] critical to understand that if you are starting a KM initiative you first create a knowledge map, this will establish a platform upon with you could build your KM [...] [...] critical to understand that if you are starting a KM initiative you first create a knowledge map, this will establish a platform upon with you could build your KM [...]

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