Review of Current Practices for Implementing Organization-Wide Knowledge Repositories
Siddharth Banerjee, Abdullah F. Alsharef, Edward J. Jaselskis, Kalyan Ram Piratla · Construction Research Congress 2022 · 2022
Construction teams are dynamic in nature and seldom are repeated on different projects. During a project’s lifecycle, a substantial amount of knowledge is gained by project personnel. Such valuable knowledge can be lost if it is not documented properly or if team turnover occurs. Lessons learned databases are effective knowledge repositories that can disseminate relevant project information to end-users. This article presents a review of literature that focuses on knowledge documentation and the current tools that are utilized in institutionalizing knowledge related to construction projects. The research methodology entails summarizing (1) organizational challenges that warrant the use of knowledge repositories, (2) opportunities for implementing organization-wide knowledge repositories, and (3) the latest cutting-edge technological tools and methods that are employed to utilize the knowledge stored. This comprehensive review of the existing body of work will serve as a resource for both organizations and the research community to develop robust knowledge repositories.