Individuals and organizations need to learn from every activity they perform and improve their performance by increasing their knowledge and skills. Almost everyone is aware of this, but it does not happen in many organizations. A project management firm defines a temporary effort to create a unique product, service, or outcome as a project definition. A project is a cross-sectional activity for which the start and endpoint are defined and limited by specific time and resources.
Each project, in addition to its product or service as its primary output, also creates knowledge. Usually, the experiences and lessons learned during the project are not organized to be used in future projects of the organization. In organizations where different projects are defined, project knowledge management approaches can reduce the risk of losing a great deal of knowledge.
Project knowledge management approaches at three stages before, during, and after the project provides tools to identify, acquire, share, and retain knowledge and lessons learned that could be retrieved and reused when needed. After Action Review, Peer Assist, Knowledge Harvesting, Storytelling , etc. are tools.