Transfer IT Knowledge Before It’s Gone
79 million Baby Boomers are set to retire and they’re taking 50+ years of knowledge with them.
RETIRED CONTENT
Please note that the content on this page is retired. This content is not maintained and may contain information or links that are out of date.Losing knowledge will undermine your organization’s strategy through:
- Inefficiency due to “reinvention of the wheel”
- Loss of competitive advantage
- Reduced capacity to innovate
- Increased vulnerability
Creating a knowledge transfer roadmap will allow you to:
- Build a strategic roadmap to retain and share knowledge in your IT organization.
- Build a fit-for-purpose strategy for knowledge transfer based on your organization’s business goals.
- Select knowledge transfer tactics based on the type of information and the knowledge source’s risk profile.
- Increase departmental efficiencies through increased collaboration.
- Retain key IT knowledge.
- Improve junior employee engagement by creating development opportunities with senior staff.
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Onsite Workshops offer an easy way to accelerate your project. If you are unable to do the project yourself, and a Guided Implementation isn’t enough, we offer low-cost onsite delivery of our Project Workshops. We take you through every phase of your project and ensure that you have a road map in place to complete your project successfully.
Module 1: Define the Current and Target State
The Purpose
- Gain a thorough understanding of reasons why your organization should invest in knowledge transfer.
- Identify specific challenges that this workshop will address.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Identified challenges.
- Defined target state.
- Identified project team.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 1.1 | Knowledge transfer fireside chat. |
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| 1.2 | Identify current and target maturity. |
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| 1.3 | Identify knowledge transfer metrics. |
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| 1.4 | Identify knowledge transfer project stakeholders. |
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Module 2: Identify Knowledge Priorities
The Purpose
- Identify who your primary risk targets for knowledge transfer are.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Identified knowledge sources.
- Identified knowledge risks.
- Identified knowledge sources’ likelihood of departure.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 2.1 | Identify your knowledge sources. |
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| 2.2 | Complete a knowledge risk assessment. |
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| 2.3 | Identify knowledge sources’ level of knowledge risk. |
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Module 3: Build Knowledge Transfer Plans
The Purpose
- Build an interview guide.
- Practice interviewing knowledge sources to identify key knowledge assets.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Key sources interviewed.
- Understanding of key knowledge transfer tactics.
- Completed knowledge transfer plan.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 3.1 | Build an interview guide. |
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| 3.2 | Interview knowledge holders. |
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Module 4: Define the Knowledge Transfer Roadmap
The Purpose
- Build the logistics of the knowledge transfer roadmap.
- Communicate to key stakeholders.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Prioritized the sequence of initiatives.
- Completed the project roadmap.
- Ready to communicate with project team and sponsor.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 4.1 | Prioritize the sequence of initiatives. |
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| 4.2 | Complete the project roadmap. |
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| 4.3 | Prepare communication presentation. |
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