NCHRP Implementation Support Program. Supporting State DOT Adoption of Knowledge Management Practices

Knowledge management (KM) practices, related to the identification, sharing, and retention of employee know-how and expertise within an organization, are important to improve operational efficiency, workforce development, organizational resilience, and innovation. While state departments of transportation (DOTs) recognize this importance, their KM practices are often in various stages of maturity (as determined by using the American Productivity & Quality Center’s Knowledge Management Capability Assessment Tool or the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ Committee on Knowledge Management KM Litmus test). In comparison to organizations such as the United States Department of Defense and private sector companies, KM remains an emergent topic in state DOTs. Many state DOTs struggle when asked by decision-makers to provide examples of KM practices and their benefits, and to define KM as a presence within their respective organizations. State DOT adoption of KM has parallels to the adoption of other new practices for transportation. For example, transportation asset management (TAM), which began in the 1990s, began with a period of outreach and early adopter agencies testing strategies. Following this, examples of implementation were developed to provide other DOTs insight into potential uses and methods for development. This led to further adoption, acceptance and integration of TAM practice. To complement the research results from NCHRP Report 813 and NCHRP Project 20-68A, Scan 12-04 Report, and to address the concerns raised in the CKM surveys, research is needed to develop a set of products that can be utilized by state DOTs to implement KM activities. The NCHRP reports and the CKM both emphasize that development of the products from this project will be helpful to those just getting started and those further along the KM journey. In addition, these products will strengthen the community of practice by presenting examples of tangible state DOT efforts on KM. This project will develop a set of products to support the implementation of KM in state DOTs, by using the materials established by NCHRP Report 813, NCHRP Project 20-68A, Scan 12-04 Report, and a case study template developed by CKM. The products developed will be posted to the NCHRP Project 20-44(45) website and made broadly accessible.

• Record URL:
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Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $200,000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 20-44(45)

• Sponsor Organizations:

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Mohan, Sid

• Performing Organizations:

  Spy Pond Partners, LLC

  Arlington, MA  United States 
• Principal Investigators:

  Park, Hyun-A

• Start Date: 20240325
• Expected Completion Date: 20260324
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Knowledge management; Plan implementation; State departments of transportation
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01851057
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 20-44(45)
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: Jul 5 2022 5:09PM