It is generally accepted that because of the uniqueness, uncertainty and complexity of project assignments, not all the experiences gained and lessons learned from past projects have the same value for future projects or operations.
How can we draw the line or differentiate between generalised experiences that could be of value for future projects or operations and specific project experiences that is useful perhaps for individual learning?
I will appreciate it if you can provide me with your thoughts or with recommendations to organisational learning literature / project management literature that look into this issue.
Project-based organizations—of which there are a great many—face an awkward dilemma: organizations are (usually) designed for the long term but a project exists only for its duration. Hence, the project-centric nature of work in project-based organizations makes knowledge management, hence learning, difficult even though projects ought to be vehicles for both practical benefits and organizational learning. The state of the art of knowledge management in project environments is poor but progress can assuredly be achieved if it is recognized that projects are not all one and the same. Categorizing projects types, specifically, in terms of the degrees to which their respective goals and methods are well- or poorly-defined, opens up rich avenues for the selection of appropriate knowledge management approaches, hence learning. Article Managing Knowledge in Project Environments
may be of interest.
hank you Oliver, for sharing your insights :). Very interesting idea!
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