Convergence of Project Management and Knowledge Management

T. Kanti Srikantaiah; Michael E. D. Koenig; Suliman Hawamdeh

doi:10.5771/9780810876989

Summary

Knowledge is power, but this is especially true for teams carrying out a project. As in other arenas, the effective use of knowledge is possible only if it is readily accessible, well organized, properly analyzed, and competently disseminated to meet the project needs. Knowledge gained from project failures or successes is vital for the long term sustainability of organizations to compete in the business environment. This book focuses on the proper access and delivery methods for explicit knowledge in projects and also concentrates on tacit knowledge unknown and unavailable to most people in project environments.

Every project is unique with start and end dates, detailed project plan, budget, schedule, human resources, and deliverables, and all these areas have a high volume of rich knowledge. Knowledge is created and flows through all nine project knowledge areas: Project Integration Management; Project Scope Management; Project Time Management; Project Cost Management; Project Quality Management; Project Human Resources Management; Project Communications Management; Project Risk Management; and Project Procurement Management.

This book discusses the benefits of managing knowledge in projects and provides techniques that will increase the rate of return on projects. Addressing strategy and deployment issues, this volume also provides case studies, making this an invaluable tool for the success of projects and sustainability/growth of organizations.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2010
ISBN-Print: 978-0-8108-7697-2
ISBN-Online: 978-0-8108-7698-9
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 340
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. Preface No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
4. The Road Map to the Book No access
5. Companies and OrganizationsMentioned in Chapters No access
1. Ch01. Convergence of Project Management and Knowledge Management No access
1. Ch02. Gatekeepers, Boundary Spanners, and Social Network Analysis No access
2. Ch03. The Role of Knowledge Managementin Requirements Management No access
3. Ch04. The Use of KM Tools and Techniquesto Reduce Coordination Problems inProject Management No access
4. Ch05. Success Factors for Knowledge Management in a Strategy Project No access
5. Ch06. Project-Based Knowledge Management No access
6. Ch07. A Time-Based Model of Collaboration for Knowledge Management and Project Management No access
7. Ch08. Preliminary Research Context for Investigating the Use of Wikis as Knowledge Management Tools to Project Management–Based Initiatives No access
1. Ch09. KM in Projects No access
2. Ch10. Knowledge Organization and the Project Management Process No access
3. Ch11. Managing Knowledge in Projects No access
4. Ch12. Aligning Knowledge Strategy with Project Characteristics No access
5. Ch13. The Role of Organizational Storytelling in Successful Project Management No access
6. Ch14. Friended, Tweeted, Posted No access
1. Ch15. Constructing Business-Oriented Knowledge Organization Systems(BOKOS) No access
2. Ch16. Leveraging Information and Knowledge Assets for Project Work No access
3. Ch17. Knowledge Management at Infosys No access
4. Ch18. Knowledge Management in Software Service Projects Ecosystem No access
5. Ch19. KM and PM No access
Index No access Pages 319 - 332
About the Contributors No access Pages 333 - 340