Enabling Methods
Provide enabling methods (such as tools and techniques) to support the creation, capture, access, and sharing of knowledge assets.
Improvement Planning
Practices-Outcomes-Metrics (POM)
Representative POMs are described for Enabling Methods at each level of maturity.
- 1Initial
- Practice
- No practices at this level.
- Outcome
- Knowledge environment for storing and managing individual knowledge domains.
- Metric
- No metrics.
- 2Basic
- Practice
- Establish collaboration at department level to design blueprints of the knowledge environment.
- Outcome
- Blueprints designed at department level.
- Metric
- % of budget allocated to design of knowledge environment blueprints. # of collaborative meetings at department level in the design of blueprints. # of elements identified as input into the design process. # of man-hours committed to the design process.
- Practice
- Establish group leaders who can work with managers to select blueprints.
- Outcome
- Blueprints selection team is established.
- Metric
- # of group leaders in blueprints selection team. # of managers in blueprints selection team.
- 3Intermediate
- Practice
- Ensure the development of the knowledge environment has approved sponsorship of senior executive role.
- Outcome
- Sponsorship of senior executive role is approved.
- Metric
- Yes/No indicators confirming sponsorship of senior executive role. % investment of sponsorship.
- Practice
- Define checklist of agreed features for the knowledge environment.
- Outcome
- Checklist of agreed features for the knowledge environment is defined.
- Metric
- # of agreed features for the knowledge environment in the checklist.
- Practice
- Develop a centralised knowledge environment from approved blueprints.
- Outcome
- A centralised knowledge environment is developed.
- Metric
- % of budget allocated to the development of a centralised knowledge environment. # of man hours committed to the process of developing a centralised knowledge environment. Yes/No indicators confirming development of a knowledge environment against a checklist of features.
- Practice
- Perform pilot project of the knowledge environment.
- Outcome
- Pilot implementation of the knowledge environment is achieved.
- Metric
- # of pilot phases. # of man-hours taken to complete the pilot phases.
- Practice
- Conduct systematic evaluation of the results of the knowledge environment pilot implementation.
- Outcome
- Systematic evaluation of the results (of the knowledge environment pilot evaluation) is achieved.
- Metric
- # of results submitted for evaluation. % of results evaluated.
- 4Advanced
- Practice
- Deploy the knowledge environment in selected departments.
- Outcome
- Deployment of the knowledge environment in selected departments is achieved.
- Metric
- # of departments using the knowledge environment.
- 5Optimized
- Practice
- Adopt an integrated knowledge environment across the enterprise.
- Outcome
- An integrated knowledge environment is adopted across the enterprise.
- Metric
- Yes/No indicators confirming adoption of an integrated knowledge environment. % of completeness of integration in the knowledge environment.
- Practice
- Ensure there is senior management accountability and governance in the integrated knowledge environment.
- Outcome
- Senior management accountability and governance (in the integrated knowledge environment) is assigned.
- Metric
- Yes/No indicators confirming senior management accountability and governance (in the integrated knowledge environment) is in place.
- Practice
- Reinforce behaviour-shaping in the integrated knowledge environment.
- Outcome
- Behaviour-shaping is reinforced.
- Metric
- Yes/No indicators confirming behaviour-shaping reinforcement is in place.
- Practice
- Define criteria for evaluating employee experiences with the integrated knowledge environment.
- Outcome
- Criteria for evaluating employee experiences is defined.
- Metric
- # of items to evaluate employee experiences (e.g. completeness of features, functionality). # of employee experience items that forms the range of the evaluation criteria.
- Practice
- Define value metrics that guide the continuous improvement of the integrated knowledge environment.
- Outcome
- Value metrics are defined.
- Metric
- # of relevant value metrics that are applied.
- Practice
- Ensure there is continuous improvement of the integrated knowledge environment based on employee experiences and value metrics.
- Outcome
- The integrated knowledge environment is optimised via continuous improvement.
- Metric
- Yes/|No indicators confirming improvement of the integrated knowledge environment. Frequency of improvements (# of iterations annually). % evidence of improved features in the integrated knowledge environment.
- Practice
- Align the integrated knowledge environment with knowledge strategy and overall business strategy.
- Outcome
- Alignment achieved.
- Metric
- Yes/|No indicators confirming alignment of the integrated knowledge environment with knowledge strategy and overall business strategy.