Questions for analyzing your corporate knowledge base

1.      How comprehensive is your CKB?

2.      How optimal is the structure of your CKB overall?

3.      How optimal is the structure of individual databases and repositories in your CKB?

4.      How many ‘information lacunas’ are there in your CKB?

5.      How many ‘inaccessible islands’ are there in your CKB?

6.      How well-integrated are your CKB components?

7.      How well is your CKB integrated into your overall corporate management system?

8.      How well does your CKB match your corporate information strategy?

9.      Is your CKB a ‘knowledge continent’ or an ‘information archipelago’?

10.  How optimal is your CKB architecture?

11.  How efficient are your processes and tools of getting knowledge directly from unstructured documents?

12.  How efficient are your processes and tools for data mining?

13.  How optimal is your interface into your CKB (‘corporate cockpit’)?

14.  How well does your corporate cockpit implement the ‘need-to-know’ principle?

15.  How competent is your knowledge base manager?

16.  How competent is your knowledge base personnel?

17.  How solid is your CKB management methodology?

18.  How efficient is your process for CKB management?

19.  How comprehensive is your CKB description?

20.  How well-structures is your CKB description?

21.  How accurate and up-to-date is your CKB description?

22.  How competitive is your CKB?