A knowledge flow model for peer-to-peer team knowledge sharing and management

To realize effective knowledge sharing in teamwork, this paper proposes a knowledge ¯ow model for peer-to-peer knowledge sharing and management in cooperative teams. The model consists of the concepts, rules and methods about the knowledge ¯ow, the knowledge ¯ow process model, and the knowledge ¯ow engine. A reference model for coordinating the knowledge ¯ow process with the work¯ow process is suggested to provide an integrated approach to model teamwork process. We also discuss the peer-to-peer knowledge-sharing paradigm in large-scale teams and propose the approach for constructing a knowledge ¯ow network from the corresponding work¯ow. The proposed model provides a new way to model and manage teamwork processes. q 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.