<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article explains the application of knowledge management for project risk management in industry. Combination of knowledge management and risk management is becoming a dire need for industries nowadays, because it has become necessary to make information reach timely to its destined users to achieve the desired goals. Quick decisions are needed throughout a project life cycle to mitigate or avoid a risk, but they are only possible when knowledge about it is in hand and can be inferred for fruitful decisions. Quality engineers make huge effort in analyzing and mitigating the risk and prepare various documents about different risk management stages. But this knowledge resides in documents or underutilized databases without any relation to each other that makes it useless for complex decision making. This article shall explain how knowledge management activities are helpful in risk management and the advantages of their fusion. It will also present a conceptual architecture of an Information Technology based solution for risk management and knowledge management combination.</p></abstract>

This article explains the application of knowledge management for project risk management in industry. Combination of knowledge management and risk management is becoming a dire need for industries nowadays, because it has become necessary to make information reach timely to its destined users to achieve the desired goals. Quick decisions are needed throughout a project life cycle to mitigate or avoid a risk, but they are only possible when knowledge about it is in hand and can be inferred for fruitful decisions. Quality engineers make huge effort in analyzing and mitigating the risk and prepare various documents about different risk management stages. But this knowledge resides in documents or underutilized databases without any relation to each other that makes it useless for complex decision making. This article shall explain how knowledge management activities are helpful in risk management and the advantages of their fusion. It will also present a conceptual architecture of an Information Technology based solution for risk management and knowledge management combination.

Risk Management In Perspective Of Knowledge Management A Brief Survey

Faculty of Engineering, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Sibiu, Romania

Acta Universitatis Cibiniensis. Technical Series

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This article explains the application of knowledge management for project risk management in industry. Combination of knowledge management and risk management...

Risk Management In Perspective Of Knowledge Management A Brief Survey

Published Online: Sep 23, 2015

Page range: 191 - 194

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aucts-2015-0088

Keywords
Risk management, knowledge management, knowledge based systems

© Rehman Zobia et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Risk Management In Perspective Of Knowledge Management A Brief Survey

Published Online: Sep 23, 2015

Page range: 191 - 194

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aucts-2015-0088

KeywordsRisk management, knowledge management, knowledge based systems

© Rehman Zobia et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Risk management, knowledge management, knowledge based systems