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by Evan Downey 15 years ago

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Knowledge Management Implementation

Anderson Consulting has been focusing on enhancing their knowledge management systems to optimize project outcomes and support business growth. They have implemented various solutions and tools to streamline knowledge sharing and creation, including assigning dedicated project knowledge managers and deploying intelligent agents for document prefiltering and contextualization.

Knowledge Management Implementation

Knowledge Management at Anderson Consulting

Implementation

Anderson Case
Considered solutions

Assigning project knowledge managers

Contextualizing documents

Intelliigent agents

Prefiltering

Issues of implantation

Issues of creation of knowledge

Information Overload

Issues of Information Technology

Justification of Investments

Complex structure

Use of interpersonal networks

Contemporary Tool Types
Forums/Discussion Boards
Instant Messaging/Video Conferencing/Desktop Sharing

Cisco WebEx

IBM Sametime

Social Networking

SupportCentral and GE Connect

IBM's BluePages

Real Time/Shared Documentation

Microsoft Sharepoint

Google Wave

Analytics

Non-graphical

R

Graphical

Business Objects

Search

Google Search Appliance

Shared Folder Solutions

DropBox

Document Management Solutions

IBM Content Manager

DWH (ODS, OLAP, etc)

Oracle

SAP

Wiki's

MediaWiki

Restrictions

Type

Documents
Data

Structure

Structure of knowledge managment
Charlie Paulk (CIO)

Bob Ahern (Senior Manger)

> 200 Knowledge Managers

Responsible for pulling relevant knowlegde from knowlege exchange system and extract lessons from the project.

Structure of Anderson Consuting
Communities of practice
Competencies
Industries

HBR

Personalization strategy
Codification Strategy
Business Strategy

Use of large teams

Focus on generating large revenues

Expansion of the business

Knowledge Exchange System

Lotus Platform

Investment in IT

Reuse of knowledge

Focus of consulting

Operational firm
Strategic firm