KM Life Cycle

Phases

Acquisition

Deals with sources

Refinement

Standardizing

Storage

physical or Digital

Distribution

The channel

Presentation

Context

Strength

Easy to understand and Simple to implement

Weakness

Not comprehensive in terms of
application of knowledge

No specific way pf capturing tacit knowledge

Phases

Individual and group learning

Knowledge claim validation

Information Acquisition

Knowledge Validation

Knowledge Integration

Strength

Clear Description of knowledge evaluation and
decision to integrate or not

Inculcate the process of identifying knowledge

Weakness

More complex

Knowledge Creation

Capture & Refinement & Codification

Sharing & Accessing

Application & Reuse

Review & Update

Phases

Get

Seeking out information

Use

Combine information

Learn

learning from experiences

Contribute

Share what they have learned

Assess

Evaluate the intellectual capital

Build and sustain

Keep the organization viable and competitive

Divest

Maintain

Strength

New phases of learning and decision to
maintain this knowledge or divest

Weakness

No evaluation process involved

Phases

Creating

Sourcing

Compilation

Transformation

Dissemination

Application

Value Realization

Strength

Details of generating value for organization