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ARCHITECTURE KNOWLEDGE FLOW FRAMEWORK DESGIN
Flow of Knowledge pertains in most teamwork and it attracts the researchers in the field of knowledge management. Since flow of knowledge usually happens in a particular context, context has to be taken into consideration in knowledge flow modeling. Past models of flow of knowledge lacked in terms of software development and lacked in-depth exploration of context modeling, which made those models less applicable. This research proposes a conceptual framework of context oriented flow of knowledge in software development aspects. In this framework, the context is seen as an inseparable element of flow of knowledge, which is regarding the creation, transformation as well as application of knowledge items. Framework KFFD is proposed based on three aspects-flow of knowledge, software development project and ontology. For the proper use of knowledge, dynamic flow to destinations form sources is necessary. In this context, a new framework in KM is analyzing, designing and implementing knowledge flow management systems. One crucial challenge in such systems is the exploration of flow of knowledge from its origin to the receiver. Another challenge is controlling the flow for quality enhancements regarding the requirements of the users. As such, the aim of this research is to provide a framework so as to solve this challenge. Keywords: knowledge flow, knowledge flow framework design, type of knowledge flow, knowledge flow management.
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Knowledge flow exists in very nearly in each teamwork , community cooperation environment and now it attracts much consideration , attention in the knowledge management field. In a knowledge-based organization, knowledge workers need to acquire a variety of knowledge (information) about their tasks .Therefore; many organizations have built knowledge support plat forms to assist workers in meeting their knowledge-needs. These platforms help workers to identify and share knowledge in order to speed up organization innovation and improve employee Productivity. The paper gives an over view of knowledge flow, type of knowledge flow, mechanical of knowledge flow, knowledge flow process. This review shows the description of Knowledge flow element and knowledge characteristic. This paper as systematic review of the knowledge flow. Choose the best way according to that.
Contributions of Workflow for Knowledge Generation Process
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