Developing a Construction Project Risk Knowledge Management Software Environment

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Carr ◽  
J.H.M. Tah
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Software Environment ◽  
Project Risk ◽  
Management Software ◽  
Risk Knowledge

Knowledge Management in Public Construction Project Initiation

2014 ◽  
pp. 422-435
Author(s):  
Marja Naaranoja ◽  
Lorna Uden
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Integration ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
The Other ◽  
Construction Project Management ◽  
Small Project ◽  
Conflicting Interests ◽  
Public Construction ◽  
Selection Of

Despite the importance of knowledge integration in construction project management, it rarely happens in reality. This chapter describes two case studies involving knowledge management of a public construction project for two universities in Finland. There were many different stakeholders involved in the projects. Although much effort has been put into the project during the initial stages, the projects’ starts were delayed. This chapter gives underlying reasons for the delays followed by proposing an approach where co-creation of value for knowledge integration can be used to overcome the problems with the conflicting interests of the stakeholders. The other project introduces a small project where the initiator is a facility owner. This study shows how the selection of the stakeholders for decision-making was a challenge.

Knowledge Management Software

2010 ◽  
pp. 738-749
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Baroni de Carvalho ◽  
Marta Arau´jo Tavares Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Management Software ◽  
Software Products ◽  
Software Market

Due to the vagueness of the concept of knowledge, the software market for knowledge management (KM) seems to be quite confusing. Technology vendors are developing different implementations of the KM concepts in their software products. Because of the variety and quantity of KM tools available on the market, a typology may be a valuable aid to organizations that are searching and evaluating KM software suitable to their needs.

scholarly journals Capitalising Experiential Knowledge for Guiding Construction Procurement Selection

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Ng ◽  
Chris Luu ◽  
Martin Skitmore
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Experiential Knowledge ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Management Model ◽  
Case Based Reasoning ◽  
Useful Knowledge ◽  
Procurement System ◽  
Case Based

Capitalising useful knowledge for construction procurementselection (CPS) decisions would provide a valuable asset to clientorganisations, as the successful/unsuccessful experience wouldhelp decision-makers avoid the occurrence of similar errors andensure the most suitable procurement system is employed fora construction project. As a result, there is a need to examinethe potential for developing a knowledge management model tocapture and reuse experiential knowledge to guide CPS decisions.This paper begins by identifying a suitable approach for managingCPS knowledge. This is followed by a discussion of the knowledgerequired for CPS decision support. A prototype knowledgemanagementmodel is developed, using the case-based reasoning(CBR) approach, and a mechanism for the retrieval and reuse ofknowledge for guiding CPS decisions is elucidated. The resultsindicate that CBR is a suitable tool for formulating the procurementselection parameters and selecting a suitable procurementsystem for a construction project. This is primarily becausethe CBR approach is flexible enough to allow closely matchinghistoric cases to be retrieved as well as enabling the decisionmakerto adapt the proposed solution based on the predominantcharacteristics of the client, project and external environmentpertinent to the current project.

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