It would be interesting to know how much money was spent on the development of this "tool kit". How much?
It would also be interesting to know whether the developers of the tool kit reviewed the literature on "expert systems" and the attempts which were made a number of years ago regarding what might be called first generation knowledge management systems, where there were attempts to capture the knowledge of professionals in the field. David Snowden, one of the foremost experts in the field of KM currently, has created his ASHEN model where the order of ease of knowledge capture from easy to hard ran as follows: A =artifacts- it is easy to give someone an object S =skills - skills take time to transfer along with experience H = heuristics or basic rules of thumb one learns that works from a pragmatic perspective E = experience- what comes from years in the field N = natural talent- there are some whose skills seem almost inherited and others who may try all their life and never reach this level of capability All of this points to the idea that such a tool kit is a nice academic exercise, but one which will find little use. thoughts? tom abeles On 7/8/05, Barbara Fillip wrote: > I am pleased to announce that the Energy Solutions Toolkit for ICT > Projects is now accessible through the DOT-COM Alliance web site.... > > The toolkit is designed to help ICT program managers, decision-makers > and entrepreneurs select the most cost-effective mix of ICT and energy > systems for projects in off-grid and poorly electrified areas. ..snip... > You can access the toolkit at: > <http://www.dot-com-alliance.org/Toolkit.htm>. On this page, you will > find 1) a short presentation about the toolkit; 2) a link to the toolkit > itself; 3) a link to the survey form to send us your feedback. ------------ ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, a Non-Profit Organization*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/>
