Core Concepts Flashcards

1
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What are the benefits derived from KCS?

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Operational Efficiency
Self-Service Success
Organizational Learning and Improvement

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2
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What are the 2 loops of the double loop process?

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Solve and Evolve

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3
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What does the Solve loop represent?

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the responsibilities of the responder when they are resolving a requestor’s issue.

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What does the Evolve loop represent?

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the responsibilities of leadership and the organization-level process. The Evolve Loop analyses and measures the Solve Loop processes and content.

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5
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What are the parts of the solve loop?

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Capture, Structure, Reuse, Improve

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6
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What are the part of the evolve loop?

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Leadership & Communication - Creates vision, reinforces vision, creates buy-in, motivation.
Performance Management - Proficiency model and license, recognition
Process Integration - Problem-solving, Process Adherence Reviews (PAR), tool integration
Content Health - content standards

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7
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Leadership MUST do the following for KCS adoption to be successful:

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Create a vision.
Communicate the vision.
Trust the knowledge workers.
Change the value of workers from what they know to their ability to follow instructions.
Shift focus from activity-based measures to value-based measures.
Choose good coaches.

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8
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What does “capture” represent in the solve loop

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  • context.
  • capture tacit knowledge and make it explicit .
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9
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what are the parts of an article structure?

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Issue/title
Environment
Resolution
Cause
Analysis

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10
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What are the principles of “reuse” in the solve loop?

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Search first, search often
Link and attach
Link accuracy

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11
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What are The principles of “improve” step in the solve loop?

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You touch it you fix it
Just in time improvements

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12
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Content health includes:

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Content standards
Article structure
Content standards checklist
Sufficient to solve
Types of articles

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13
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Whats included in the content standards?

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Examples
Definition and terms
Metadata

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14
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What are 3 perspectives that make an article sufficient to solve?

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Requestor: brings content
Responders: brings experience
Organization: brings info & metadata
=resolution

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15
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What are the 3 types of articles?

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Experience; just in time
Evolve loop: kde articles, workflows
Compliance

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16
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What are 3 items of “process integration” in the evolve loop?

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Structured problem solving
Tool integration
Process adherence review

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17
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What are the 3 steps of structured problem solving?

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Literal: type the literal question
Diagnosis: search to understand why
Research: use external resources and peers to find a solution

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18
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What is the goal of tool integration?

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That 90% of the work is done in a single screen and make it easy and obvious to use.

19
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What does the process adherence review measure?

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How well the knowledge workers are following the solve loop.

20
Q

What are the 6 must have measurements in a PAR?

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Searching
Link rate
Link accuracy
Improve rate
Create rate
Contribution index

21
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What are the items of “performance management” in the evolve loop?

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Proficiency license model
Recognition
Radar charts

22
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What are the 5 license roles?

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Candidate
Contributor
Publisher
Coach
Knowledge Domain Expert

23
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What can a candidate do?

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Create wip & not validated articles (cannot publish)

24
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What can a contributor do?

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Publish internal articles

25
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What can a publisher do?

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Publish internal & external articles

26
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What does a coach do?

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Support KWs
CSC
PAR

27
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What is an “organization network analysis”?

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A survey map used to identify coaches

28
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What does a KDE do?

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Analysis, reports, evolve loop articles, archive articles

29
Q

What are activities?

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Actions that produce results.
Do not put goals on activities!

30
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What are outcomes?

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Objectives that align with business objectives.
Do put goals on objectives.

31
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What is a radar chart?

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Shows a performance assessment on multiple measures normalized to one.

32
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What are 3 parts of “Leadership and Communication “ within the evolve loop?

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Motivation
Vision
Strategic framework

33
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What are the 3 principles of motivation (MAP)?

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Mastery: getting good at something
Autonomy: having control and choices
Purpose; caring about the work and interested in it

34
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What are 4 motivating factors?

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Achievement
Recognition
Interesting work
Responsibility

35
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What are the 4 parts of a “vision”?

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Compelling purpose
Mission statement
Values
Brand promise

36
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What makes a “compelling purpose”?

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Known by all
Bigger then self
Brief clear & concise
Elicits an emotional response
A value proposition

37
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A strategic framework should address what?

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The goals, approach, kcs contribution, and measurements according to the customer, employees, and business.

38
Q

What are the org roles for the adoption of kcs?

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Executive sponsor
KCS program manager
KCS Council
Wave one participants

39
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What are the phases of kcs adoption?

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Plan & design
Adopt in waves
Build proficiency
Optimize & innovate

40
Q

What are the foundation items you MUST have to launch kcs?

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Performance assessment
Process
Content standards
Adoption strategy
Strategic framework
Communication plan

41
Q

What are some common points of failure in kcs?

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Ineffective leadership
Ineffective coaching program
KWs not owning the CS
Not trusting the KWs
Putting goals on activities
Not providing visibility into the impact

42
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What are the 10 core concepts of kcs?

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Transformation & continuous improvement.
Buyin at all levels.
Leadership required.
Collective experience.
Collective ownership.
Seek to understand before seeking to solve.
Sufficient to solve.
Knowledge integration.
Coaching for success.
Assess value.

43
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How does kcs ensure article quality?

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CSC
License roles
Confidence levels
Coaching
Reuse

44
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What are the 4 priciples of kcs?

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Abundance
Trust
Create Value
Demand Driven