Applying a Systematic Building Block to Project Knowledge Management

Current project management tools can record only project task performance, and not the knowledge context acquired from the project. This study proposes a prototype model that integrates knowledge context parameters into project management tools, such as PERT. This new model of project knowledge management tool uses building blocks to construct the entire project knowledge and flow management. To verify the feasibility of this model, a mapping model is used to demonstrate that this prototype may promote more effective project knowledge management, including evaluations of knowledge and of the knowledge executor, through integration of the knowledge context and PERT. We provide implications of our work for academics and practitioners, directions future research might take, as well as opportunities and prospects for commercialization of the proposed approach.