MANCHESTER, NH--(Marketwire - March 25, 2010) - Newforma®, a software company addressing the project information management (PIM) needs of architecture, engineering and construction firms, today announced that its Vice President of Product Management and Industry Marketing Bob Batcheler will present a session on PIM and knowledge management (KM) at KA Connect, a KM conference for the AEC industry, at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, April 8, at the Wit Hotel in Chicago.
Batcheler's presentation makes the case that PIM performs the first, vital task of knowledge management: information capture. His presentation, "There are four P's in Practice," explains how firms can convert into explicit, valuable knowledge assets the information already being created in the course of day-to-day AEC practice. Further, he will explain the risks of maintaining the status quo when it comes to managing project information, rather than embracing PIM for more efficient project execution and as the first step toward effective knowledge management. Batcheler taps Newforma's experience helping nearly 40,000 users of its PIM solution, Newforma® Project Center, manage information and communications for over 300,000 projects.
This session continues an ongoing dialogue between Batcheler and KA Connect Founder Christopher Parsons regarding the differences between information management and knowledge management. Parsons is the founder of Knowledge Architecture, a KM consultancy based in San Francisco, and Newforma Authorized PartnerSM. In recent blog exchanges between Batcheler and Parsons, the two have been engaged in an entertaining and informative dialogue discussing the relationship between information and knowledge in an effort to shed some light on the differences, interdependencies and effective value of information versus knowledge.
Newforma Chief Executive Officer Ian Howell said, "Newforma is proud to support KA Connect 2010 as the inaugural knowledge management conference for the AEC industry. This event provides customers with an important forum to learn and share best practices for managing project information and mining that information as an essential knowledge resource for their firms."
About KA Connect
KA Connect 2010 is a knowledge management conference for the AEC industry which will be held in Chicago on April 8 and 9. There will be 40 talks in two days, panel discussions and breakout sessions with thought leaders from AEC firms, academia, consulting and software development. A diverse group of speakers, sponsors, and attendees will share emerging trends, new strategies, case studies, and lessons learned for building knowledge-driven firms. Topics will include social media, integrated project delivery, collaboration practices and organizational learning. For more information or to register, go to www.ka-connect.com.
About Newforma
Newforma is a software company serving architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) organizations worldwide, and the owners they serve. Its mission is to develop and market project information management (PIM) solutions which improve responsiveness to clients, mitigate risk, streamline project execution, raise productivity and facilitate integrated project delivery (IPD). Newforma® Project Center, Newforma's flagship product, is the industry's first comprehensive PIM solution to organize and share project information, drive accountability, raise transparency and streamline project delivery processes. Newforma Project Center is currently implemented on over 300,000 projects in industry-leading AEC firms. For more information about Newforma, visit www.newforma.com, or phone +1 603-625-6212.
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