What is good knowledge management?
AI Summary
- New Year’s Resolution for YouTube Channel
- Expand content to include both Obsidian and Knowledge Management.
- Focus on personal and company Knowledge Management.
- Background
- Experience as a software engineer and team lead at a tech startup in Hong Kong.
- Worked on project documentation, company wikis, and best practices for juniors.
- Interest in Knowledge Management persisted after leaving the company.
- Goals of Knowledge Management
- Extract value from existing knowledge.
- Management should have clear goals and not be done for its own sake.
- Indicators of Good Knowledge Management
- Reusability
- More reuse of notes indicates higher value.
- Importance of notes is not equal; prioritize notes that will be used frequently.
- Maintainability
- Inevitable growth of knowledge base requires maintenance.
- Use methods like P.A.R. (Projects, Areas, Resources, Archives) to manage notes.
- Trim notes that are no longer needed to improve findability.
- Ease of Relearning
- Quality of content is crucial; notes should be concise and easy to reabsorb.
- Concise explanations are more effective and useful.
- Knowledge Management Process
- New knowledge should integrate with existing knowledge to avoid duplication.
- Questions should be easily answered by referencing existing knowledge.
- Knowledge should be regularly validated to stay up-to-date.
- Signs of Poor Knowledge Management
- Duplicate notes indicate a failure to integrate or recall existing knowledge.
- Difficulty in locating information suggests poor organization.
- Outdated or inconsistent information shows a lack of revalidation.
- Workflow Design
- Use unique keywords and aliases in titles for quick information retrieval.
- Avoid common terms as sole identifiers to prevent search difficulties.
- Conclusion
- Summarizes the importance of reusability, maintainability, and ease of relearning in Knowledge Management.
- Encourages following and subscribing to the YouTube channel for more insights.