Four Habits of Highly Effective ScrumMasters

With the expansion of agile into government and beyond IT, there are more and more ScrumMasters – facilitators who lead teams through Scrum processes as part of agile adoption. Unfortunately, the ScrumMaster role is becoming a victim of agile’s success: … Continue reading

Knowledge Management Benchmarking: Part 1

As part of EK’s Strategy and Design efforts, we work with organizations to clearly define the Current State of KM as a starting point. To that end, we have developed a proprietary Knowledge Management Maturity Benchmark, based on our years … Continue reading

Who Are Your Users?

When we’re helping organizations with their knowledge management strategy, we always begin with an assessment of the Current State to identify their unique KM challenges and opportunities, mapping what’s working and what has the potential for improvement. A significant portion … Continue reading

Agile Knowledge Management

EK uses an agile approach in everything we do. In this presentation from the 2018 KMI Showcase, Joe Hilger shares how we apply agile across all of our KM projects. Learn how EK uses agile to develop a KM Strategy. Once … Continue reading

Why Practical Knowledge Management Matters More Than Ever

EK’s Zach Wahl recently presented at the annual KMI Showcase in Tysons Corner, VA. Wahl’s presentation, titled “Why Practical KM Matters More than Ever,” covered EK’s definitions of Knowledge and Information Management and discussed core business challenges and how KM can help … Continue reading

Performance Testing Basics

At EK, we help organizations solve their Knowledge Management (KM) problems. Typically, part of the solution is an integrated set of tools that improve the way that content and information is shared. These solutions only work when they are widely … Continue reading

Selecting an Enterprise Search Engine

Search engines are one of the most critical tools in any Knowledge Management (KM) platform. A well implemented enterprise search engine enables easy access to information and breaks down silos between teams. Given the importance of search engines, it is … Continue reading

EK’s Year in Review – 2017

As I did last year, I’m proud to close the year with a look back on EK’s accomplishments. We experienced another year of growth in new staff, new clients, and expansion of long-term efforts. We also continued to receive recognition … Continue reading