9: KM STRATEGY
AND METRICS

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

Conduct a Knowledge Audit

core information

knowledge needs and uses in an organization

gaps

duplications and flows

contribution to business goals

Gap Analysis

differences between the current and desired KM

List barriers to KM implementation

List KM leverage points

Identify opportunities to collaborate with other business initiatives

redundancies within the organization

knowledge silos

The KM Strategy Road Map

how organization manage its knowledge

explicit knowledge and tacit knowledge priorities

processes, people, products, services, organizational
memory, relationships, and knowledge assets

direct link between KM levers and business
objectives

quick wins

KM capability to sustained over the long term

The Management of Organizational Memory

Cultural Barriers

Technical Barriers

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT METRICS

The Benchmarking Method

Industry Group Measurements:

Best Practice Studies:

Cooperative Benchmarking

Competitive Benchmarking

The Balanced Scorecard Method

Financial dimension

Customer dimension

Learning and growth
dimension

Internal business
processes dimension

The House of Quality Method

Quality Function Deployment