Overview of the EKP

• A set of structured, goal/problem driven representation techniques (models) to be used for structuring and representing organisational knowledge. This Enterprise Modelling (EM) approach is called EKD - Enterprise Knowledge Development. Versions of this approach have been successfully applied in a number of European companies, e.g. British Aerospace (UK), Capital Bank (UK), National Bank of Greece, PostGirot (Sweden), Public Power Corporation (Greece), Sema Group (France), Telia (Sweden), Vattenfall (Sweden), Volvo (Sweden), etc.

 
• A set of guidelines for conducting the knowledge acquisition and representation process. The basic assumption is that knowledge acquisition is strongly participatory, i.e. all involved actors and stakeholders in an organisation are assumed to contribute to the knowledge development activity. Within the ELEKTRA project two web-based supporting tools for guidance of the EKD process were developed – the EKD Road Map, and the EKD FAQ system

 
• The third component of the EKP approach is the ability to reuse existing knowledge, business designs, enterprise models in the form of organisational patterns. This approach considerably shortens the time and effort needed to develop a knowledge repository of reusable business solutions. Organisational patterns essentially are generic and abstract organisational design proposals that can be easily adapted and reused. These represent solutions to specific problems within the context of an organisation, problems that are important and recurring in a variety of cases. Each pattern couples a problem with a solution, reflecting the context and the way in which the pattern can be applied. The pattern approach developed in the ELEKTRA project has been applied in Vattenfall AB (Sweden) and Public Power Corporation (Greece). More background information to organisational patterns is provided in section 2.2 of the EKP User Guide.

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