1. Is your company talking about the need to preserve knowledge within the company?

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2. Is your company talking about the need to become a learning organization?

Yes No (Comments below)

3. What do you like best and what do you like least about the Knowledge Backbone^SM concept?

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4. Give one example of a situation in your company where the loss of knowledge the company once had resulted in lost time, resources, or money?

5. What are the three biggest barriers to implementing a Knowledge Backbone^SM in your company?

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6. What products/technologies, if any, have you been thinking about to solve "access to knowledge" problems?

7. In what part of your organization are "access to knowledge" problems most pressing or most likely to be tackled first? Why?

8. What are your company's policies on outsourcing of computer solutions?

9. Do you believe your company would consider a digital knowledge base which resided (and was maintained) at the vendor's site and was accessed by your employees over high speed phone lines?

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10. Would your company be interested in a public oil and gas industry digital knowledge base accessible over high speed phone lines?

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11. Which of the following is currently in use in your company?
[Select all that apply]

Corporate databases
Regional databases
Project databases
Groupware (such as Lotus Notes)
E-mail connecting multiple offices
Local e-mail
Personal fax
Internet access for all or most employees
Internet access for a few employees

12. Do you have questions about the Knowledge Backbone^SM concept? If so, use the following text box to ask them and we'll do our best to reply. (Please be sure to enter the "email" entry below.)

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