International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395 -0056 Volume: 02 Issue: 02 | May-2015 www.irjet.net p-ISSN: 2395-0072 © 2015, IRJET.NET- All Rights Reserved Page 327 A Survey on Knowledge Management in Small-Sized Software Organizations Gajendra Patil 1 , Dr. G R Bamnote 2 1 Research Scholar, Dept. of CSE, Dr. K N Modi University, Newai, Rajasthan, India 2 Professor and Head, Dept. of CSE, Prof. Ram Meghe Institute of Technology and Research, Badnera, Maharashtra, India ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract - The aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive outlook on the area of knowledge management in small-medium sized software organization. The paper offers the readers an insight into the theory of knowledge management, a comparison of current practices, and an example of a real knowledge management environment. As software development is a very knowledge intensive task, both researchers and industry have recently turned their attention to knowledge management as a means to improve software development. This often involves developing technical tools, which many companies have spent resources on. But the tools are often not used in practice by developers and managers in the companies, and it is often unknown if the tools improve how knowledge is managed. In order to build efficient knowledge management tools, we need a better understanding of how the tools that exist are applied and used in software development. We present and analyze case studies of knowledge management initiatives from the literature. Further, we examine success criteria in knowledge management codification initiatives, based on Intranet tools in small-sized software companies. We found four factors that we consider important: Having a culture for sharing knowledge, having a stable focus on knowledge management, developing knowledge management tools incrementally, and coupling knowledge management initiatives well to business goals. 1. INTRODUCTION This paper is about how Intranet-based Knowledge Management Tools can be used to support what has been called a DzLearning Software Organizationdz. An )ntranet- based tool is a software program that provides help for software developers. Software development usually takes place in team-based projects where the participants work towards a shared goal. Many companies have problems with transferring what people learn in one project to other projects in the same company. Knowledge Management is a set of strategies and techniques to increase the transfer and use of different types of knowledge in a company or organization. We find many knowledge management tools and methods in companies and in the research literature, but most of the scientific work on tools is concentrating on technology to build such tools; on the structure of knowledge and technical work on retrieval mechanisms. Also, work on knowledge management methods usually described an ideal way of collecting and sharing knowledge, which is often difficult to reproduce in practice. In this thesis we discuss how companies can improve their knowledge management by adjusting Intranet-based knowledge management tools, and thus become more of a learning organization. We will base this discussion on an examination of tools and initiatives that are used in small-sized companies that develop software. These small-sized companies are four case companies in a pre-study, and a main and a contrast case in a main study - as well as reports of knowledge management tools from the literature. In this paper, we investigate the correlation between knowledge management and organizational performance with the help of analyzing the previous studies and methods of knowledge management elements. 2. KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT We depend more and more on software in our daily lives. Software used to be installed in large computers in military and research institutions, but has spread to the everyday lives of nearly everyone in the developed world. Most people now uses computers at work, at home for leisure activities, and also have other equipment with software in it, like cell phones and organizers. Soon we