Knowledge Engineering and Management WS 2006/07

It aims to teach knowledge management in business administration environment with focus on how to leverage knowledge as a key asset and resource in modern organizations. Managing knowledge within an organization is nowadays hardly conceivable without exploiting the vast potential of advanced information and knowledge systems. On the other hand, information system developers and knowledge engineers have come to realize that successful technical work is only possible if it is proerly situated within the wider organizational context. This course presents a comprehensive methodology called CommonKADS that covers the complete route from corporate knowledge management to knowledge analysis and engineering, all the way to knowledge-intensive systems design and implementation in an integrated fashion. COmmonKADS has been developed by a number industry-university consortia over the past decade. Nowadays it is in use world-wide by companies and educational institutions.