Pathology of Barriers to Sharing Knowledge in Project Management and Ranking Them by AHP Method
- 1 Department of Industrial Engineering, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran
- 2 Institute of Medical Science and Technologies, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
- 3 Department of Industrial Engineering, Khatam Al-Anbiya University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Although knowledge management is a necessary part of strategic development of organizations, resources and improvement in competition, since it is always seen just as a temporary solution, most of related experiences have faced failure. Moreover since projects are mostly temporary and after they are done some of the main team members leave the company, this means the knowledge goes with them so this will cost future projects more money and time. In the present study we will try to find the main barriers for knowledge transmission and to rank them by statistical method of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). In the end it comes to conclusion that despite the existence of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), it has been overlooked. The main barriers are the lack of organizational culture of preserving and sharing the knowledge and lack of trust and appreciation for using it throughout the company.
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