Week # 04

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT LIFE CYCLE APPROACHES

There are four approaches of the life cycle which are as follows

• Evaluating the existing infrastructure
• Role of strategic planning
• Capturing Knowledge
• The role of rapid prototyping

EVALUATING THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE 

When ever a knowledge management system is developed the only reason behind it is to improve the performance of the employees who are working in the organization , by doing this the whole organization will get benefit from it.When a new infrastructure is developed the previous one is evaluated so that a perception can be given  to the employees working in that organization is that thing were not out of control.

System For Justification : There are some questions which are to be answered in it like is this knowledge going to work through out even if it is transferred, in order to solve the problem do we need proper experience, will it be able to find a champion.

Feasibility Study : In this we will make a report which will answer problems like , is this project be completed in the time given , will it be affordable, what will be the cost of the system.

 

User Support : When a system is developed it is for the users so fem question arises like do the users know about this system , if yes the how did the perceived it , what is going to be the ratio of involvement between user and system , will it require user training , in order to make it operational will it require support.

ROLE OF STRATEGIC PLANNING

In order to make the organization successful , it must develop a strategic plan following ares are to be kept in mind : vision , resources , culture.

CAPTURING KNOWLEDGE

In order to solve a problem knowledge is to be captured and then it should be analysed.we get knowledge from tacit, explicit or interviews.Data mining is also useful as the analyse the data and come out with new finding.

THE ROLE OF RAPID PROTOTYPING

A prototype is basically a model or a dummy of the project which is to be developed.We do prototyping so that we can give a idea to the user that the final product is going to look something like this model and if he likes it then the project as a whole is developed.

Creating the blueprint of the knowledge management system can be counted as prototyping.

When testing is done of knowledge management system two things are included in it one is validation and the second is verification.

In Implementing the system we will keep following factors in mind which are as follows.

Quality assurance , Training the users , Managing change.