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'''<span id="Overview">Objective:</span>''' <html><span id="md-webpage-description" itemprop="description"><i>ITIL Knowledge Management</i> aims to gather, analyze, store and share knowledge and information within an organization. The primary purpose of this ITIL process is to improve efficiency by reducing the need to rediscover knowledge.</span></p>
<p><b>Part of</b>: <a href="https://wiki.en.it-processmaps.com/index.php/ITIL_Service_Transition" title="ITIL Service Transition">Service Transition</a></html>

'''Process Owner''': [[Knowledge Management#Knowledge Manager|Knowledge Manager]]

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==Process Description==

ITIL defines Knowledge Management as the one central process responsible for providing knowledge to all other IT Service Management processes. The process overview of [[Media:Itil-knowledge-management.jpg|ITIL Knowledge Management (.JPG)]] shows the key information flows (see Fig. 1).
[[Image:Itil-knowledge-management.jpg|right|thumb|375px|alt=Knowledge Management ITIL|link=https://wiki.en.it-processmaps.com/index.php/File:Itil-knowledge-management.jpg|[https://wiki.en.it-processmaps.com/images/pdf/process_overview_knowledge_management_itilv3.pdf ITIL Knowledge Management]]] 

Many aspects of Knowledge Management - added as a new process in ITIL V3 - were covered by several other processes in the previous ITIL version. For example, [[Problem Management]] was (and in ITIL 2011 still is) responsible for managing the [[Problem Management#Known Error|Known Error]] Database. 

Knowledge Management is dealt with in many other [[ITIL Processes|Service Management processes]]. The process itself ensures that all information used in IT Service Management, stored in the [[Knowledge Management#SKMS|Service Knowledge Management System]], is consistent and readily available.

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==Sub-Processes==

No sub-processes are specified for [[Knowledge Management|ITIL Knowledge Management]].

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==Definitions==

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<ul><li itemprop="description">The Service Knowledge Management System (SKMS) is the central repository of the data, information and knowledge that the IT organization needs to manage the lifecycle of its services. Its purpose is to store, analyze and present the service provider's data, information and knowledge. The SKMS is not necessarily a single system – in most cases it will be a federated system based on a variety of data sources.
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==Roles | Responsibilities==

'''<span id="Knowledge Manager">Knowledge Manager - Process Owner</span>'''
*The Knowledge Manager ensures that the IT organization is able to gather, analyze, store and share knowledge and information. His primary goal is to improve efficiency by reducing the need to rediscover knowledge.

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'''Remarks'''

<span id="Accountable">[1] ''A: Accountable'' according to the RACI Model: Those who are ultimately accountable for the correct and thorough completion of the ITIL Knowledge Management process.</span>

<span id="Responsible">[2] ''R: Responsible'' according to the RACI Model: Those who do the work to achieve a task within Knowledge Management.</span>

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==Notes==

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