> The discipline of capturing, organising, and maintaining [[Knowledge|knowledge]] so it can be reached and reused without consulting the person who produced it. ^definition Knowledge management treats knowledge as a managed asset rather than as something held in individual heads. It covers the practices, tools, and conventions that make captured knowledge findable, current, connected, and durable. Single-author knowledge management is the baseline; multi-author extensions add their own requirements. ## Checklist Before selecting a methodology or tool, define what the knowledge system must do. Requirements vary by context, but the questions are consistent: - [ ] [[Discoverability]] - [ ] [[Maintainability]] - [ ] [[Connectivity]] - [ ] [[Survivability]] ^checklist Requirements drive method selection. Tool choice follows from methodology, not from requirements directly. ^requirements