Understanding SharePoint’s Limitations as a Knowledge Management Solution
Fifteen years after its launch, evidence of SharePoint’s strengths and weaknesses as a knowledge management platform is emerging.
Open Source—Pretty Simple or Simply Pretty?
The story open source IT managers and information professionals know fails to paint the whole picture and hides some pretty ugly truths.
IT Jujutsu and the Information Professional
When it comes to KM & ILS systems, forging the best relationship with IT, information professionals have to practice what I call “IT Jujutsu.”
Seeing the Wood for the Trees—A Conversation with Euan Semple
Information experts should actively participate in social networks as trusted curators who turn down the noise and sharpen knowledge signals.
The IT Totem Pole and the Information Professional
When it comes to information/knowledge systems working with IT is inevitable. Here are some thoughts on how to make that relationship work to your advantage.
KM Gamification—Holy Grail or Child’s Play?
Gamification can enhance KM adoption and encourage ongoing usage. Here a few key takeaways and methods from a recent conversation with KM expert Stan Garfield.
The Future of Museums – Getting to Awe
Discussion of how is it possible to create an enhanced museum experience in the online world with virtual reality and inspire awe and wonder.
Don’t Let Your Information Resources Staff Fly Blind
KM professionals like pilots need instruments to do their job. Here are four tools that can help–some are free and others deliver benefits beyond their cost.
Throwing a Successful KM Pool Party (Part 2 of 2)
The key to a successful KM system is achieving high adoption without creating a content mess. Keep it simple but with clear rules and structure.
KM Pool Party or Just a Hot Mess? (Part 1 of 2)
The key to a successful KM system is achieving high adoption without creating a content mess. Keep it simple but with clear rules and structure.
Can You Respond to a Lady with a Duck? Part 2
When building an information/knowledge strategy, planners should recognize that the world is unpredictable and their strategy should have a means for dealing with the unexpected.
Can You Respond to a Lady with a Duck? Part 1
When building an information/knowledge strategy, planners should recognize that the world is unpredictable and their strategy should have a means for dealing with the unexpected.
Is Faceted Search the Same as Search Clustering? Are They Both Guided Navigation?
There are notable differences in the benefits users can derive when using faceted search, which requires data preparation, and search clustering, which works with unstructured data.
A Firm Foundation for Faceted Search
Blog discusses why faceted searching works well when content is well organized and well cataloged, what exactly that means and benefits of faceted searching.
Preparing for The Future of KM, or Running Toward Failure?
Article discusses the value of cataloging all knowledge assets first in a KM project or focusing on just a subset to get early wins quickly.
Content Migrations – Challenge or Opportunity?
Strategies for turning early implementation challenges into opportunities for KM success.
IM & KM – and Where the Twain Shall Meet
This is a discussion of the concept of Information Management versus Knowledge Management and the conclusion that it doesn’t really matter.
Are You Getting What You Need from Your Knowledge Portal?
Knowledge should enable users to find information and knowledge quickly and efficiently and they should facilitate the ongoing capture of it.
But isn’t SharePoint a KM application?
Isn’t SharePoint a KM application? It depends. Let me explain.
The Limitations of SharePoint as a Knowledge Management System
SharePoint is not capable of performing functions that are important for managing and organizing content. These are its limitations.
Online Dating: SharePoint and SQL are No Match for Lucidea
Rather than discuss Lucidea’s solutions advantages over SharePoint I’d like to share one very powerful differentiator: date handling & date searching.