ENHANCING PROJECT MANAGEMENT WITH KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES

In many organizations, projects are unique endeavors that require special functions. Project managers, who are filling the void of middle management, often do not possess the advantages of a learning curve in performing individual project analyses. This is where project managers have the potential to benefit greatly from well-defined knowledge management (KM) practices. KM is the concept of combining the expertise, wisdom and insights of those individuals who have come to their wisdom the hard way. This research proposal addresses the issues that have been barriers to the integration of KM practices for project mangers. In particular, it discusses both explicit and tacit benefits of KM for project managers as well as motivating factors for its adoption.