knowledge-management

knowledge-management is a specific kind of methodology — the practice of systematically capturing, organizing, and distributing organizational knowledge. A competent speaker calls it 'a methodology' for managing knowledge assets.

Removal test (Law 8): remove information and knowledge-management has nothing to operate on — KM is the practice of creating, capturing, storing, and sharing information. Without information as a substance, KM ceases to function. Information is constitutive of KM's operation, not merely its name.

For-whose-sake test (Law 8d): knowledge-management is designed and maintained for the sake of decision-making. Organizations invest in KM systems, processes, and practices specifically so that decision-makers have access to the right knowledge at the right time. The servant (KM) points at the master (decision-making).

Zettelkasten (Slipbox) is a specific method for managing knowledge through interconnected atomic notes. A zettelkasten IS a knowledge-management system — a particular kind of KM approach using slipbox methodology with unique-card, linking, and emergent-structure principles.

Spiral note-taking is a specific knowledge management technique using structured spiral organization of notes with progressive summarization. A spiral-note-taking system IS a knowledge-management approach — a particular kind with its own spiral structure and progressive review mechanism.

Mind mapping is a technique for visually organizing and structuring information — a knowledge-management practice. Remove the knowledge-management purpose and mind mapping ceases to function as anything other than doodling. Direction: mind-mapping→knowledge-management (the tool serves the purpose).

code-review is maintained partly for the sake of knowledge management: it distributes domain knowledge across the team by exposing all members to code they might not otherwise read, building shared understanding as a designed purpose of the practice.

Technology-transfer is a specific kind of knowledge-management — the structured process of moving knowledge, skills, and methods between entities. Per Law 9, this is a kind-of relationship. Technology-transfer IS knowledge management specialized for technological domain knowledge.

A compendium is a systematic collection of knowledge on a subject, organized for reference. It is built for the sake of knowledge management — providing structured, retrievable organization of information across a domain.