Location and Origin

Knowledge is the result of a process where intelligence is applied to other knowledge and observations.
The goal of the process is to manifest new knowledge in a product that delivers usable value.

Knowledge resides in:

• the product

• the minds of developers

• the documentation

In the product it is coded, not directly extractable. It must be interpreted.

In developers' minds it exists in its purest form, as insight, experience and intuition. This is also the only productive form.

In documentation it is most stable, but also most imprecise. It is not always current, not always complete, not always correct.

CodeClarity maintains up-to-date knowledge Security

How it moves

Acquired knowledge must be re-acquired by those who join anew.
And it leaves the organization when experts depart.

This is why knowledge transfer is so value-preserving, when it succeeds.

But handover meetings are mostly symbolic, everything depends on documentation.

And documentation is a tedious duty, unsatisfying for the creative mind that must deal with it while deadlines demand visible progress.
Unsatisfying for the new developer who must familiarize themselves with poorly documented knowledge only to find that everything is different now from what's written there.

CodeClarity supports onboarding of new developers

Preserving knowledge means:

• protecting it from others

• protecting it from loss through forgetting

CodeClarity protects and multiplies knowledge about the codebase