Infoworld has an article that discusses how KM will benefit from new technologies.
It mentions a new term for project manager who use blogging to capture the processes they use.
"What k-loggers do, fundamentally, is narrate the work they do. In an ideal world, everyone does this all the time. The narrative is as useful to the author, who gains clarity through the effort of articulation, as it is to the reader."
In a way, this extends on one of our readings for the March 18 class, "The Future of Knowledge Management," although this article emphasizes the importance of the human element as much as the technology.
"With no mind-melding on the horizon, future knowledge extractors will focus on rewards for knowledge, hiring good knowledge creators and providing easy-to-use tools for capture. "
One of the systems mentioned in the article, Traction, looks very interesting: http://www.infoworld.com/infoworld/article/02/07/12/020715aptraction_1.html
Check this lead for the article: "THERE IS STILL NO sure-fire recipe for KM (knowledge management) success, but the ingredients must include the staples of the knowledge worker: e-mail, the Web, and Microsoft Office." Certainly true in the most part, but awfully frustrating for those trying to move new types of software into the enterprise.
Posted by: donturn on March 18, 2003 10:48 AM