suppose document management might be more difficult to find a single owner because of its broad scope, unless you have an ECM strategy which in turn has a business owner/sponsor. If the deliverable is a document or set of documents, it could be done via a Document Library in SharePoint 2007 or something similar (Jed = Content Centric). - Talk about the vision of how these newer My (virtual colleague) Jed Cawthorne recently shared his thinking around collaboration technology and the ownership thereof in an organization. From What exactly is 'collaboration' - and

When I interviewed early adopters of weblogs for my PhD research many of them mentioned their surprises that blogging can go beyond documenting own thinking or publishing to the world and that it actually helps to build relationships with others. With mutual interest initial engagement via weblogs is continued connecting via other tools: email, phone or instant messaging for more focused or more private discussions, wikis and shared documents to collaborate on writing, social networks, photosharing or microblogging tools to share updates in alternative formats. This is an English draft for the second of two articles I wrote on blogging for Dutch magazine Informatie Professional (the first one – Blogging for knowledge workers: incubating ideas ).

Documentation can STIFLE innovation Business processes, if not documented, can lead to arbitrary changes (e.g. Documentation is definitely a plus. For organizations aiming for ISO certification, documentation is a must. However, documentation can “rigidify” a Apin Talisayon’s Weblog – Knowledge Management provides useful TOOLS but it leaves MANY GAPS – Oops! (Learn Learn from My KM Mistakes) Oops! #1.