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Knowledge Management for Software Organizations

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Managing Software Engineering Knowledge

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This chapter presents an introduction to the topic of knowledge management (KM) in software engineering. It identifies the need for knowledge, knowledge items and sources, and discusses the importance of knowledge capture, organization, retrieval, access, and evolution in software development organizations. KM activities and supporting tools for software development and inter- and intra-organization learning are presented. The state of the implementation of KM in software organizations is examined, together with benefits, challenges, and lessons learned.

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  1. Mikael Lindvall
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  1. School of Information Systems, Technology and Management, University of New South Wales, NSW, 2052, Sydney, Australia

    Aybüke Aurum  & Meliha Handzic  & 

  2. School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, NSW, 2052, Sydney, Australia

    Ross Jeffery

  3. Dept. of Software Engineering and Computer Science, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Box 520, SE-372 25, Ronneby, Sweden

    Claes Wohlin

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Lindvall, M., Rus, I. (2003). Knowledge Management for Software Organizations. In: Aurum, A., Jeffery, R., Wohlin, C., Handzic, M. (eds) Managing Software Engineering Knowledge. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05129-0_4

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