Knowledge Communities: Unlocking SharePoint 2010’s Hidden Value Improving Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration May 2011
Jim Kane Practice Lead: Collaboration & Knowledge Management, Paragon Solutions jkane@consultparagon.com
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Paragon Solutions’ Introduction
Paragon is an enterprise information management solutions company that helps firms leverage information assets to achieve better business results.
Corporate Facts • • • • • •
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Agenda
Define Knowledge Communities Review Examples of Knowledge Communities Review a Process for Enabling and Implementing Knowledge Communities Look at SharePoint 2010 Capabilities that Support Knowledge Communities See a Demonstration of SharePoint 2010 Q&A
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Knowledge Communities
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What are Knowledge Communities? Knowledge Communities are environments in which members share common objectives and goals. Communities are successful when members adopt behaviors that foster collaboration as well as creation and management of information (knowledge). Communities support making tacit knowledge explicit. Communities of Practice, Communities of Interest, Project Communities .. There are no strict definitions of types of communities ‌ Use what works for your organization.
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Why Knowledge Communities in Life Sciences? Globalization, Mergers, Need for Speed, Innovation … the Life Sciences industry is experiencing unprecedented challenges. We have heard from our clients, and the problems are common across many organizations. We look at personal and business drivers. It’s taking too long to develop new products How do I know this documentation is correct?
Who has experience in outsourcing management?
How do I interpret this Part 11 Guideline?
I feel like I am re-inventing the wheel
I know I have heard about how to solve my problem ..
I need to search for …
Individual Drivers
We have experts everywhere and we don’t’ know who they are We keep repeating our mistakes We aren’t repeating our successes We need to adapt to incoming workforce members We lose too much knowledge when people leave or retire (Baby Boomers)
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Knowledge Capture – A Key Goal of Knowledge Communities "Knowledge written and stored in computers is effectively only about 20% of what we know,“^
Explicit Knowledge is searchable, repeatable knowledge that managed by domain experts and user can collaborate on the value and use of the knowledge
Tacit Knowledge is knowledge that is difficult to transfer to another person by means of writing it down or verbalizing it
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Knowledge Communities Enable “Many to Many� Knowledge Communities provide a forum for enabling and capturing knowledge on very complex topics.
Explicit
Detailed
Documents
Emails
Personal Blogs
Wikis
Blogs Discussions
Announcements Community Sweet Spot
Profile Search
Profile Updates
Microblogs (Status Update)
Simple
Tacit
Instant Messaging
Search Comments Bookmarks & RSS
Tagging & Rating
Individual
Community (Many to Many)
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Knowledge Community Examples
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The Power of Communities
Target Value Proposition : Operational Excellence , create a more affordable business structure.
Target Value Proposition : Faster revenue growth, lower costs.
Approach : Communities of Practice, Best practice replication process
Approach : CoP’s, central KM Managers, content management.
Results : In less than 6 years , 15000 ideas submitted , value realized ? over $1 billion.
Results : 10 fold increase in revenue with only 5 fold increase in employees.
Target Value Proposition : Operational efficiency and service delivery to clients, Knowledge sharing culture. Approach : CoP’s, InTouch, service desks, content management, SME teams. Results : $200 million revenue created / saved , 95% reduction in technical query resolution. Annual investment of approx $50 million.
Target Value Proposition : Decrease customer service costs Approach : Customer Portal, Customer knowledge repository
Results : Number of test chips created decreased from 4.2 to 2.7 / Average reduction of 4.5 hours per color match / Savings of $2.25 million per year / Total investment unknown
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Target Value Proposition : Provide faster access to info, improve information mgmt improve sales leads Approach : Content Mgmt communities of practice Results : Increase number of sales leads / Increase in new product sales / Improved customer satisfaction scores / CM investment of over $3 million for start up, $8 million annually.
Target Value Proposition : Create a single, global company /Reduce cycle time / “Too Fast to Follow” Approach : Global Networks (CoPs) / New ways of working / Letting the new guys into “Old Boy” networks / Transfer of best practices Results : $200 million/yr cost savings / Reduced number of wells / Increased facility uptime / Reduced design and planning errors / Total investment of approximately $4 million Source: APQC
Knowledge Communities in Life Sciences
• Connect global drug manufacturing subject matter experts to support critical problem-solving (powder compact, cleaning validation, packaging and labeling, etc.) • Connect global teams and people from newly merged organizations (scientists, clinical trial SMEs)
• Enhance technology transfer between R&D and commercialization • Capture tacit (personal/not documented) knowledge and making it explicit (searchable, reusable) to support innovation in research and clinical operations
• Make it easy for new employees to connect with team members and to collaborate on problems and content • Facilitate communities with JV partners, CROs and other external parties to foster and improve communications and collaboration
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Enabling and Implementing Knowledge Communities
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Knowledge Community Enablement Community Enablement is a methodical and flexible process designed to bring together people to function as a community and meet business objectives. Paragon takes a very holistic approach, focusing on key areas for maximum benefit • Corporate, Business, Community Sponsors and Objectives
• Corporate Alignment • Evolution Management
• Management Leadership
Sponsorship
• Metrics
• Individual Leadership
• Information Architecture
• Stewardship • Information Policies & Retention
• Collaboration
Governance
Methodology
Communities
• Phased • Roles, Types
• Repeatable Model • Flexible to Fit Need
• Content Management
• Empowered Team
• Search • Social Networking • Reporting • Portals (Aggregation)
Technology
Culture & Values
• Change Management • Adoption • Evangelism
Successful communities address individual needs, community needs and organizational needs
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Governance: Communities and SharePoint 2010
Governance of Communities must tie in to existing information and personal conduct policies, as well as technology governance. Some lessons learned include: • Global privacy laws are much stricter than US laws so plan on tackling this issue early
• Develop an auditing approach to help ensure communities are meeting their stated outcomes
• Do not simply allow ad hoc creation of communities, have a governance model for enabling and implementation
• Have a Steering Group support enablement and implementation
• Decide early on intranet v. extranet communities and levels of governance required
• Decide early on approach to approach for communities that require validated content
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Community Enablement Framework Paragon leverages a Community Enablement Framework, guided by subject-matter experts, proven methodologies and pre-defined templates to ensure effective program execution.
Launch & Expand
Grow & Evolve
Process, Knowledge, and Technology Delivery New Users
Community Enablement Phases
Setup
Enrollment
Adoption
Change Mgt Plan
Design & Startup
Communication Plan
Assess, Define & Plan
Project Plan
Community Establishment Project Phases
People, Cultures, and Behaviors
Govern, Measure
Establish Program Maturity Phase
Supporting Technologies (SharePoint 2010) KM Strategy (Intent)
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An Enablement Process Speeds Adoption of Communities The Enablement Process is flexible, based on the size, scope and criticality of the community need; the process is guided by subject-matter experts and with templates and examples. The process addresses sponsorship, governance, technology, and cultural issues Phase I Assess Define & Plan
• Meet with Stakeholders • Form Design Team • Identify Key Drivers & Outcomes • Draft Initial Charter • Begin Community Design
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Phase II Design & Startup
Finalize Charter I.D. Roles/Responsibilities Develop Mrktg/Comm Plans Develop Goals and Metrics Design Reward/Recognition Plan Complete Community Design Build Capabilities and Load Content Complete Change Mgt Plan Conduct POC & Feedback Prep for Launch
Phase III Launch & Expand
Phase IV Grow & Evolve
• Conduct Role-Based Training • Implement Communication & Change Mgt Plans • Complete Content Loading • Hold Soft Launch • Evaluate Feedback • Revise as Needed • Conduct Formal Release
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• Implement Goals and Measurement Scorecard • Implement Reward & Recognition Program • Grow Membership • Conduct Ongoing Outreach Events • Review/Update Charter • Capture Success Stories • Integrate with Other Communities • Contribute to Lessons Learned
Knowledge Communities and SharePoint
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SharePoint 2010 SharePoint has always been an enabling technology for Knowledge Communities. SharePoint 2010 extends these capabilities for even greater support.
New Capabilities for Colleague Tracking “Ask Me About” Notes Community Notes Enhanced My Site
Content Tagging and Commenting Rating Faceted Search Organizational Browser Enhanced Document Management Capabilities Enhanced Wiki Capabilities
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SharePoint Provides Unique Connections Tags are added by the user in a community, and provide context to content. Tags tie together pieces that help people find others, find content, track content, and add to the community knowledge base. Tagged content is noted on a user’s My Site and may be public or private (for personal reference); people can find people via tags
My Site User profiles highlight personal expertise, tags, and help connect people
Life Sciences communities can tag content with domain specific terms that speed search, and help connect people to content.
People • • • • • • • • •
Pages Libraries Lists Items Documents External Websites My Sites Tag Profiles Images
Tag Pages Tag pages are SharePoint sites automatically created; tag pages provide users multiple ways to work with tags
Communities
Search
Communities provide a focus and take advantage of SharePoint capabilities like tags, wikis, blogs, discussion threads, profiles
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Microsoft Partners Enhance the Community Capabilities
Companies like NewsGator provide extensions that enhance capabilities of SharePoint 2010 that support Communities • Enhanced User Interface • Social Site Templates • Micro blogging • Enhanced Activity Streams • Language Localization
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Demonstration
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SharePoint 2010 Demonstration – A Knowledge Community Our demonstration scenario A few key points: • This is a demonstration environment, not a community from a company we have worked with • We are mostly focusing on the new capabilities in SharePoint 2010 that support communities
Tim Smith is a new employee. He is a Study Manager in the Oncology Franchise authoring a new Protocol for a phase III Oncology study (ONCO1344). He is looking for templates, work from other trials, and information pertaining to which Central Labs are currently used for these kinds of studies. He has learned about a community that focuses on Clinical Trials within the organization, and has decided to reach out to the community to obtain some of the information he is seeking.
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The Value of Knowledge Communities In Life Sciences knowledge has value at many levels. Communities can support researchers, project managers, clinical trial leaders and team members, pipeline management teams and more.
Information (Knowledge) is captured in context making it more valuable
Both individual and corporate outcomes are addressed
A forum is provided to focus on specific business problems and outcomes
Younger workers are given the tools they know (social networking) but are focused to meet corporate needs
Behaviors that support innovation, problem-solving and collaboration are promoted and supported
People are provided a capability to “connect”
People are more empowered to succeed personally
Savings can be realized when savings are a defined outcome
Both individual and corporate outcomes are addressed
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Paragon Services – How Can We Help You? Paragon has services and an “Enablement Methodology” that can help organizations take advantage of the value of Knowledge Communities. From strategy through enablement, Paragon has the experience, tools and knowledge to help make your effort successful. Services of interest include:
Indentify Knowledge Community Candidates Establish Business Case – Sponsorship, Outcome Visioning Plan and Execute Community Enablement Assess and Improve Existing Community Effectiveness Design and Build SharePoint 2010 Community Sites and Capabilities (and Supporting Information Architecture, Governance, Training)
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Additional Information and Contacts
http://www.consultparagon.com New!! Paragon Solutions and Microsoft Co-Author Whitepaper Detailing SharePoint 2010 Compliance Enhancements .. Please visit our web site for additional information or contact: marketing@consultparagon.com to receive a copy
Paragon Solutions Contacts ďƒ˜ Jim Kane, Practice Lead: Collaboration & KM: jkane@consultparagon.com
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