Resource Library
APQC’s Resource Library is your source for timely and topical information to help you meet your most complex business process and knowledge management challenges. Explore our ever-growing collection of more than 8,600 research-based best practices, benchmarks and metrics, case studies, and other valuable APQC content.
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Business Factors to Consider When Evaluating Organizational Knowledge Needs: Editable Template
The first step in designing, reexamining, and/or updating an organization’s portfolio of KM approaches is to ensure that the KM team understands the knowledge needs of the…
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KM Needs and Influencing Factors: Description and Instructions
Once a KM team has identified the most urgent knowledge needs in the business, its next task is to decode those business needs into the language of knowledge management. To…
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KM Needs and Influencing Factors: Editable Template
Once a KM team has identified the most urgent knowledge needs in the business, its next task is to decode those business needs into the language of knowledge management. To…
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Is Your Organization Ready to Share Knowledge? An APQC Diagnostic
This 33-question assessment is designed to help you evaluate your organization's readiness to embrace knowledge sharing and collaboration. The diagnostic focuses on existing…
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Fixing Knowledge and Process Productivity Problems Survey Questions
In 2021, APQC conducted a large-scale research study on the productivity of knowledge workers. The project was designed to gauge how workers think about personal and team…
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Reports & White Papers|
Managing Knowledge in and Above the Flow of Business
For more than a decade, APQC has divided knowledge management (KM) activities into two categories: above the flow, and in the flow.KM activities that happen above the flow of…
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Understanding KM Maturity Capabilities: Content Management
This tool outlines how KM content management evolves as a KM program progresses along APQC’s Levels of KM Maturity. For each question in the measurement section of APQC’s KM…
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Understanding KM Maturity Capabilities: Information Technology
This tool outlines how KM information technology (IT) evolves as a KM program progresses along APQC’s Levels of KM Maturity. For each question in the measurement section of…
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Reports & White Papers|
How Knowledge Management Affects Employee Productivity
In 2021, APQC surveyed 982 full-time knowledge workers to understand how employees define productivity, what factors make them more and less productive, and what…
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Understanding KM Maturity Capabilities: Knowledge Flow Processes
This tool outlines how building knowledge flow processes evolves as a KM program progresses along APQC’s Levels of KM Maturity. For each question in the knowledge flow…
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Understanding KM Maturity Capabilities: KM Tools and Approaches
This tool outlines how building KM tools and approaches evolves as a KM program progresses along APQC’s Levels of KM Maturity. For each question in the KM tools and…
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Understanding KM Maturity Capabilities: Measurement
This tool outlines how KM measurement evolves as a KM program progresses along APQC’s Levels of KM Maturity. For each question in the measurement section of APQC’s KM…
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Reports & White Papers|
AI in Customer Service Survey Report: Cross Industry
In 2020, APQC conducted a survey to explore the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for customer service. This report highlights results from all respondents, including their…
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Understanding KM Maturity Capabilities: Resources
This tool outlines how building KM resources evolves as a KM program progresses along APQC’s Levels of KM Maturity. For each question in the resources section of APQC’s KM…
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Understanding KM Maturity Capabilities: Governance & Leadership
This tool outlines how building KM governance and leadership evolves as a KM program progresses along APQC’s Levels of KM Maturity. For each question in the governance and…
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