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Skills Management as Knowledge Technology in a Software Consultancy Company

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Advances in Learning Software Organizations (LSO 2001)

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This paper presents a skills management system in a medium-sized software consulting company, and how it is used. We found four different types of usage: Searching for competence to solve problems, allocating resources, finding areas for new projects, and to develop competence. Most people in the company seem to regard this tool as useful, both for themselves, and for the company as a whole.

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  1. Department of Computer and Information Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Currently at: Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering, Sauerwiesen 6, 7661, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    Torgeir DingsØyr

  2. SINTEF Industrial Management, 7491, Trondheim, Norway

    Emil RØyrvik

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  1. Fraunhofer IESE Sauerwiesen 6, 67661, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    Klaus-Dieter Althoff

  2. University of Kaiserslautern, Postfach 3049, 67653, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    Raimund L. Feldmann

  3. FH Ludwigshafen, Ernst-Boehe-Straße 4, 67059, Ludwigshafen, Germany

    Wolfgang Müller

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DingsØyr, T., RØyrvik, E. (2001). Skills Management as Knowledge Technology in a Software Consultancy Company. In: Althoff, KD., Feldmann, R.L., Müller, W. (eds) Advances in Learning Software Organizations. LSO 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2176. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44814-4_10

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