Knowledge Management: Developing a Knowledge Management Framework forInternational Projects

The focus of this work is the complexity involved ininternational projects and the particular difficultyinvolved in managing knowledge for this more and morecommon type of project team. The idea of managingknowledge for international projects is a relativelynew one, and for this reason this work concentrateson the following questions: What are the major knowledge requirements involved ininternational projects? How does the knowledge transfer typically take place? What are the core elements and basic success factorsfor knowledge management in international projects?In the first, more theoretical, section the topicsprojects, knowledge, and knowledge management arediscussed. In the empirical part the EU-fundedproject GILDANET is analyzed to observe thetheoretical findings in business reality and to pointout the specific difficulties and key success factorsfor managing knowledge in this context. The finaloutcome is the development of a basic knowledgemanagement framework for international projects.