Different guidebooks, and the resulting processes, follow slightly different steps. In all cases, however, we talk of a process that starts with a given experience, which are "captured" and assessed, where lessons are drawn and shared, and which lead to the adoption of these lessons.
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The first steps of a capitalization process include the selection of the case (or experience) to describe and analyse, a discussion about the expected outcomes, and the identification of those who are to participate in it.
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Many other persons who have not been part of it can also benefit from the lessons that have been drawn. The team in charge of the capitalisation process needs to find a way to reach these other persons , for which it needs to develop a communications plan
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Adoption is never a sudden event, but one which requires an individual or organization to learn about alternatives to a current practice (new knowledge), to form a favourable opinion about these alternatives (being persuaded and being convinced), and then to make the decision to try them out
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Institutionalization refers to the development of the necessary relationships, practices and procedures that are needed so that the capitalization process which has just been completed, becomes a regular feature within an organization.
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“Facilitation” refers to the process of helping a group to attain its goal by designing and using engagement methods. It is the key to building and sustaining the participatory activities of effective experience capitalization.
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Experience capitalization refers to the process by which implicit knowledge is made explicit and shared widely. As a collective process, it helps a team to look at their own practice and learn from it, and as a result of this, improve its practice.
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