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Systematically diagnosing and improving the perceived usefulness of organizational memories

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Learning Software Organizations (SEKE 1999)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNCS,volume 1756))

Abstract

The benefits of an organizational memory are ultimately determined by the usefulness of the organizational memory as perceived by its users. There-fore, an improvement of an organizational memory should be measured in the added perceived usefulness. Unfortunately, the perceived usefulness has many impact factors. Hence, it is difficult to identify good starting points for improvement.

This paper presents the goal-oriented method OMI (Organizational Memory Improvement) for improving an organizational memory incrementally from the user's point of view. It has been developed through several case studies and consists of a general usage model, a set of indicators for improvement potential, and a cause-effect model. At each step of the general usage model of OMI, the indicators are used to pinpoint improvement potential for increasing the perceived usefulness and asking the user for specific improvement suggestions where feasible.

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    Klaus-Dieter Althoff, Markus Nick & Carsten Tautz

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Althoff, KD., Nick, M., Tautz, C. (2000). Systematically diagnosing and improving the perceived usefulness of organizational memories. In: Ruhe, G., Bomarius, F. (eds) Learning Software Organizations. SEKE 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1756. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0101414

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