Select and Implement People, Process, and Technology KM Components

Stan Garfield
The tenth step in the 12 Steps to KM Success is to select and implement people, process, and technology components using knowledge management specialties such as information architecture, design thinking, user experience, and agile development.
Create implementation plans for key components such as training, communications, and change management.
I have defined 50 components of knowledge management. I will discuss each one in detail in future posts.
People Components
- culture and values
- knowledge managers
- user surveys
- social networks
- communities
- training
- documentation
- communications
- user assistance and knowledge help desk
- goals and measurements
- incentives and rewards
Process Components
- methodologies
- creation
- capture
- reuse
- lessons learned
- proven practices
- collaboration
- content management
- classification
- metrics and reporting
- management of change
- workflow
- valuation
- social network analysis
- appreciative inquiry and positive deviance
- storytelling
Technology Components
- user interface
- intranet
- team spaces
- virtual meeting rooms, web/video/audio conferencing, and telepresence
- portals
- repositories
- threaded discussions and Enterprise Social Networks (ESNs)
- expertise locators and ask the expert
- metadata and tags
- search engines
- archiving
- blogs
- wikis
- podcasts and videos
- syndication, aggregation, and subscription management systems
- social software and social media
- external access
- workflow applications
- process automation
- gamification applications
- e-learning
- analytics and business intelligence
- cognitive computing and artificial intelligence

Stan Garfield
Please read Stan’s additional blog posts offering advice and insights drawn from many years as a KM practitioner. You may also want to download a copy of his book, Proven Practices for Implementing a Knowledge Management Program, from Lucidea Press. And learn about Lucidea’s Inmagic Presto, with KM capabilities to support successful knowledge management programs.
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