Benchmarking KM Success – Does Your KM Measure Up?

By By ExecutiveBrief Staff

A thorough understanding of the interaction of human and technological assets can bring about successful knowledge management programs.

Successful KM programs begin with a thorough understanding of how human and technological assets interact and support the transfer of knowledge throughout an organization.

The process of assigning the appropriate employees to complete specific tasks is a much more complicated proposition if a business has the goal of success in mind— and what business doesn’t want to stay ahead of the game? There is much more to consider than just people when it comes to managing knowledge assets in the business environment today. It is also critical to recognize that the proper technologies must be available for management…

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Ranking Risks: Rare to Certain, Negligible to Catastrophic

By ExecutiveBrief Staff

Risks your project or business is exposed to may be worth reviewing now more than ever to see which ones need more attention than others.

Risk is a concept that denotes a potential negative impact to an asset or some characteristic of value that may arise from some present process or future event. In everyday usage, risk is often used synonymously with the probability of a known loss. Risk is measured in terms of impact and likelihood. Since risk is directly correlated to loss, it is important to be able to assess risks in one’s business and to address them. Needless to say, inattention to risks can definitely affect a company’s bottom line.

Some businesses actually go by without a formal risk assessment…

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EVM:  An exacting tool for the savvy project manager

By ExecutiveBrief Staff

Mixing and matching manpower, materials, and moments (or time) for a major undertaking requires no less than exacting tools.

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