A KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM: AN EXPERT DIRECTORY FOR E&P BUSINESS

The purpose of this report is to present the initial proposal of the author's final year
project entitled "A Knowledge Based System: Expert Directory for E&P Business". In
these present days, knowledge has become a key resource. Many top organizations have
changed their way of doing business in the past and develop the foundations of
characteristics for success. The birth of knowledge management grew from recognition
of the difficulty of dealing with the complexity in finding the right information and
dealing with the complexity in achieving the demands of the sophisticated customer.
Awareness came to organizations when they started to the realize the value of
knowledge and information, followed by searching for the ways to create, store,
integrate, share and make available the right knowledge to the right people at the right
time. This is allwhat the system is all about, to make it easier for users to find what they
need in one system; to cut short the time for finding the needed resource as well as to
add efficiency in finishing any projects within organization. The first part, ofthis report
will discuss on background study, problem statement, and the objectives and the scope
ofthe project. To support the research, a literature review and theory will be included in
the picture showing the path ofprior research and how existing studies in various areas
are linked to this project. The methodology in completing this project will be based on
incremental development and extreme programming. The conclusion summarizes the
proposed idea and findings to inform readers on author's current phase on project
development.