Knowledge mapping is a important practice consisting of survey, audit, and synthesis.
It aims to track the acquisition and loss of information and knowledge. It explores personal and group competencies and proficiencies. Knowledge mapping helps an organization to appreciate how the loss of staff influences intellectual capital, to assist with the selection of teams, and to match technology to knowledge needs and processes. Understand that knowledge is transient. Location, ownership, validity, timeliness, domain, sensitivity, access rights, storage medium, use statistics, medium and channels used Documents, files, systems, policies, directories, competencies, relationships, authorities Boundary objects , knowledge artifacts, stories, heuristics, patterns, events, practices, activities Explicit and tacit knowledge which is closely linked to strategic drivers, core competencies and market intelligence.