Applying Knowledge Codification in a Post-mortem Process - A Practical Experience

Erivan Souza da Silva Filho, Davi Viana, Tayana Conte

2015

Abstract

In information systems, acquiring experiences in projects can result in new knowledge to people or the organization. Knowledge Management analyzes such experiences as a significant resource to the organization. Through the Post-mortem analysis, people can remember experiences and situations that they had during a software development project. In order to support such analysis, the PABC-pattern structure proposes codifying knowledge, assisting practitioners in registering key elements to facilitate the understanding of that experience. This paper proposes a process of Post-mortem Analysis based on the KJ method. We have integrated the PABC-Pattern approach as a final product in order to record the experiences and gathered information.

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Souza da Silva Filho E., Viana D. and Conte T. (2015). Applying Knowledge Codification in a Post-mortem Process - A Practical Experience . In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-758-097-0, pages 153-165. DOI: 10.5220/0005376301530165


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@conference{iceis15,
author={Erivan Souza da Silva Filho and Davi Viana and Tayana Conte},
title={Applying Knowledge Codification in a Post-mortem Process - A Practical Experience},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,},
year={2015},
pages={153-165},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005376301530165},
isbn={978-989-758-097-0},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,
TI - Applying Knowledge Codification in a Post-mortem Process - A Practical Experience
SN - 978-989-758-097-0
AU - Souza da Silva Filho E.
AU - Viana D.
AU - Conte T.
PY - 2015
SP - 153
EP - 165
DO - 10.5220/0005376301530165