Is Project Management a Knowledge Management Activity?

[Graham Durant-Law]

Is project management a knowledge management activity? To answer this question we must first define “project” and “project management”, and then see how it relates to knowledge management (I’ll use the definition of knowledge management that I posted yesterday ).


Projects are different from business as usual, or operational activities, in that they are unique undertakings, are non-repetitive, and often deliver revolutionary change rather than evolutionary change. The Project Management Institute, which is widely recognised as the world peak body for project management, picks up on the uniqueness and temporal ideas by defining a project as ‘… a temporary endeavour undertaken to create a unique produce, service or result’ (PMI 2004, p. 368). Similarly, the United Kingdom Office of Government Commence, which is also a world peak body for project management, defines a project as being ‘… a temporary organisation that is created for the purpose of delivering one or more business products according to a specified business case' (Office of Government Commerce 2005, p. 6).

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