Comments on: Project Management and Knowledge Management, Part 2: After-Action Reviews as a Knowledge Management Activity http://svprojectmanagement.com/project-management-and-knowledge-management-part-2-after-action-reviews-as-a-knowledge-management-activity Project management wisdom from practictioners and the UCSC Extension in Silicon Valley Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:47:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Stephanie Barnes http://svprojectmanagement.com/project-management-and-knowledge-management-part-2-after-action-reviews-as-a-knowledge-management-activity/comment-page-1#comment-5468 Stephanie Barnes Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:58:39 +0000 http://svprojectmanagement.com/?p=2578#comment-5468 Thanks Nick, that sounds like a great use and application of AAR! I have mostly seen them poorly implemented for internal/IT/consulting projects. I always like to do them, because I like to learn from my mistakes and figure out how to do things better the next time, but it's always a fight. Being more efficient and effective with oil wells/drilling has a more measurable cost-benefit, which I imagine makes it easier for people to justify spending the time. Thanks Nick, that sounds like a great use and application of AAR! I have mostly seen them poorly implemented for internal/IT/consulting projects. I always like to do them, because I like to learn from my mistakes and figure out how to do things better the next time, but it’s always a fight. Being more efficient and effective with oil wells/drilling has a more measurable cost-benefit, which I imagine makes it easier for people to justify spending the time.

]]> By: Nick Milton http://svprojectmanagement.com/project-management-and-knowledge-management-part-2-after-action-reviews-as-a-knowledge-management-activity/comment-page-1#comment-5458 Nick Milton Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:15:13 +0000 http://svprojectmanagement.com/?p=2578#comment-5458 Stephanie, I find that when a project team institutionalises AAR like this, they usually find that each AAR results in one or more actions. I think here, for example, of the drill crews in Alaska, who use AAR after each significant task drilling a well. The action is either to fix something (order better equipment, train an operator, reorder a schedule) or to update a defining document (the rig manual, the drilling procedure, the contractor operating procedure). This way, if the actions are completed, the knowledge is never lost. The teams used a lessons database with action trasking enabled, so they can enusre improvement actions are closed out. The military use a similat approach regards Nick Stephanie, I find that when a project team institutionalises AAR like this, they usually find that each AAR results in one or more actions. I think here, for example, of the drill crews in Alaska, who use AAR after each significant task drilling a well. The action is either to fix something (order better equipment, train an operator, reorder a schedule) or to update a defining document (the rig manual, the drilling procedure, the contractor operating procedure). This way, if the actions are completed, the knowledge is never lost. The teams used a lessons database with action trasking enabled, so they can enusre improvement actions are closed out. The military use a similat approach

regards Nick

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