The Perceived Knowledge Management Practice In It Project Stakeholders In Case Of Ministry Of Innovation And Technology And Information Network Security Agency

Knowledge management is revolutionizing the activities of business organizations and decreasingrnthe learning curve in current organizations, and it is giving a vital opportunity by enabling to workrnmore efficiently and maximize productivity by learning from the past. This research is conductedrnto assess and compare knowledge management practice in IT projects in the Ministry of Innovationrnand Technology and Information and Network Security Agency of Ethiopian.rnQuantitative research approaches were followed and this research is more of behavioral sciencernresearch. None-probability sampling was used and the total population of IT project members,rnproject sponsors and project manager of Ministry of Innovation and Technology (MinT), andrnInformation Network Security Agency (INSA) was considered for this study; SPSS Version 21.0rnis used for analyzing quantitative data.rnKnowledge management is a process of creating, sharing, using and managing the knowledge andrninformation of an organization. In this study the process of creating, sharing, using and managingrnknowledge is assessed in project. Each process of knowledge management (that is creating,rnsharing, using and managing) is assessed from the perspective of IT project stakeholders. Thernstudy categorized the stakeholders in to three which are, project sponsors, project managers andrnproject team member, and studied each knowledge management process from the three projectrnstakeholders’ perspective. In addition to that the organization project culture is also assessed.rnGiven the prominence of knowledge to efficiency and productivity, it is important thatrnorganizations manage their knowledge effectively. Knowledge management practices in INSA andrnMinT vary from each other. INSA’s project team members have a better understanding of thernknowledge management practice and share knowledge in between project team. Among the 35rnfactors used to assess the knowledge management practice in INSA only 4 factors responded highrntowards knowledge management and in MinT only six resulted high toward knowledgernmanagement practice. The overall knowledge management practice indicated poor knowledgernmanagement practice in IT projects both in MinT and INSA and obtained a low response

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