Knowledge Management - Developing a Knowledge Management Framework for International Projects

The focus of this work is the complexity involved in international projects and the particular difficulty involved in managing knowledge for this more and more common type of project team. The idea of managing knowledge for international projects is a relatively new one, and for this reason this work concentrates on the following questions: What are the major knowledge requirements involved in international projects? How does the knowledge transfer typically take place? What are the core elements and basic success factors for knowledge management in international projects? In the first, more theoretical, section the topics projects, knowledge, and knowledge management are discussed. In the empirical part the EU-funded project GILDANET is analyzed to observe the theoretical findings in business reality and to point out the specific difficulties and key success factors for managing knowledge in this context. The final outcome is the development of a basic knowledge management framework for international projects.