Title: Critical Factors for Successful KM
Initiatives
in Project Background
Abstract: This
paper
aims to analyze different influencing factors to knowledge management
initiatives
in the project companies. It presents a model of critical factors,
which
have deep concerns for failure or success of knowledge management
initiatives
in projects. Based on literature and the survey-based research results,
it
finds out that that non-availability of incentives and non-presence of
appropriate
system, are the most significant barriers for successful KM initiatives
in
projects. It is advocated that project managers should harmonize KM
practices
with organization cultures by formulating an attractive incentive
package
for their project members to motivate them towards increased effort to
suggest
ideas for new KM opportunities and launch a user-friendly system before
introducing
KM initiatives.
Author: Ajmal
Mian