Is an Online Fantasy Football Site a Knowledge Management System
What is the most effective Knowledge Management System I have received the greatest benefit from?
To quote wikipedia's article on KM
Knowledge Management seeks to make the best use of the knowledge that is available to an organization, creating new knowledge, increasing awareness and understanding in the process.
Based on that definition my answer is Yahoo's Fantasy Football site. Before anybody jumps down my throat suggesting other fantasy sites are better I must admit Yahoo's is the only one I have used, if for no other reason then my friends use this one for their league.
The reason this has been the most effective KM system I have used is it has allowed me to become very knowledgeable in the players, teams, and trends needed to put together a winning FF team. In my league I consider myself one of the least knowledgeable people, but with this website I am able to compete and win not because of luck, but because yahoo efficiently gives you the information and tools needed to make the right choices. This is what KM is all about.
Yahoo's system strikes me as a system designed on the users needs. It has great news, trends, detailed statistics, and expert advice. The real strength however is the way the interface ties in the ability to see this information through a variety of views. If I'm looking at my team I can see that new news on them is available. If I'm looking at the expert's advice I can see it not only for the members of my team but also which of the free agents they consider a strong play. I can look at the trends in what players in other leagues are being dropped and added to more rapidly search for players to pick up.
Bottom line is this is a great KM system, better then many corporate KM's I have scene before. What KM system would you consider the best you have ever used?
Comments
57 points from the NYG defense is luck, Bunk... by the way.
Posted by: J$ | September 13, 2005 03:38 PM
Got third place last year, luck again?
Posted by: Chris Bunk | September 15, 2005 11:37 AM