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Specific Interest Groups (SIGs) discuss particular aspects of project management to further understanding and good practice.

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Knowledge management The holistic, cross-functional discipline and set of practices concerned with the way organisations create and use knowledge to improve outcomes. 

Communities of practice A type of learning network used within and between organisations to maintain, develop and share knowledge.

Definition from APM Body of Knowledge 7th edition 

Knowledge is a subject that touches every aspect of project, programme and portfolio management P3 and we welcome membership from across the P3 community. Do you:

  • rely on the success of projects?
  • directly influence the way things are done in projects?
  • manage projects?
  • have experiences to share?
  • get frustrated by poor knowledge practices?
  • want to know how to collaborate more effectively?

If so, you can benefit from joining the SIG and the SIG can benefit from your membership. Because there is no one-size-fits-all recipe for effective KM, our focus is on building a dynamic community of project and knowledge professionals to develop and share understanding of knowledge issues in project environments. SIG events are interactive and we build in plenty of time for networking and informal knowledge-sharing.

The SIG team members have backgrounds in both project management and knowledge management: as practitioners, researchers and managers. We have worked in utilities, construction, higher education, defence, banking and health; and in public, private and not-for-profit sectors.

The SIG covers topics including strategic knowledge and information management; practical knowledge management; collaboration; social networking and social media; and organisational and cross-organisational learning.

Featured resources

What is knowledge?

"Knowledge Management (KM) is the systematic management of information and learning. It turns personal information and experience into collective knowledge..."

APM Body of Knowledge, 6th edition, section 1.1.5

"Knowledge is the most valuable of an organisation’s intangible assets.

Knowledge management practices

In practice, good knowledge management is mostly about creating an environment where people want to share what they know.

It includes HR interventions and networking, however these practices are difficult to translate into the systematic processes that project managers are used to.

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News by this SIG

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What value does knowledge management bring to project management - APM Knowledge SIG survey 2022
Knowledge management (KM) is about learning from others and sharing what you know so others can benefit. This survey is to capture your experiences and scenarios so that we can explore with you where KM can add value.
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Debate: Which will contribute the most to project success, data processing or culture? webinar
We’ve seen national debates, where the panellists are remote and most of the audience don’t have a chance to join the discussion. We brought it local on 27 April 2021 - our four panellists (three from the North East of England) were joined by 20 contributors, again mostly from the North East, and I can say with confidence that most people knew each other at least by reputation. Which makes for a very different style of debate.
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Talented writers wanted
Partner with APM to write and publish a book about stakeholder engagement or leadership. We’re looking for talented writers who can work with us to develop and write a book about stakeholder engagement or leadership to compliment the eagerly anticipated publication of the APM Body of Knowledge 7th edition (BoK) in spring 2019.
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Body of Knowledge 7: meet our editorial team
Written by the profession for the profession, the APM Body of Knowledge has been the foundation for successful project management across all industries and sect
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Get involved with shaping the APM Body of Knowledge 7th edition
The Association for Project Management (APM) has launched the consultation phase for the updating of the APM Body of Knowledge to its seventh edition.The APM Bo
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Can agile be scaled?
APM’s latest Research Fund study is now available. It aims to identify the adoption & scalability of agile in organisations across the North West of England.

Blogs by this SIG

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Has project management become too complicated for its own good?
Project management is governed by methodologies. You may be an adherent of agile, scrum or waterfall ¬– but increasingly, many find that projects don’t simply fit one approach, or even a ‘hybrid’ approach. Over the past decade, the project profession has grown, enabled by specialist software, training programmes, certifications and qualifications. The project management software market alone is expected to grow from $5.37bn in 2020 to almost $9.81bn by 2026.
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Why you should engage people, not manage them
Engaging people is about forming partnerships and moving away from trying to manage their behaviour. Elizabeth Harrin and Gordon MacKay share their advice.
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BOK7: Approved for release in spring 2019
APM Body of Knowledge, 7th edition, has been approved for publication in spring 2019.
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BoK7: 12 sections, 80 topics and one great knowledge resource
“The way the consultation process has worked with feedback and what they're planning in the future, shows that the APM is taking this topic very seriously"
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BoK7: Are we getting this right?
Following on from my last post in August, we have further refined the structure for the APM Body of Knowledge 7th edition and we have extended storyboards for e
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BoK7: Crafting the APM Body of Knowledge
It’s now a month since the latest version of the proposed structure for APM Body of Knowledge (BoK), 7th edition was made available for comment.

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