APQC's Strategic Overview Knowledge Map: Description and Instructions

A strategic overview knowledge map is broad in scope and used to gauge the level of knowledge or competency an organization has to meet its strategic business goals. This map looks at strategic focus areas and outlines the knowledge required for each focus area, how critical that knowledge is to achieving the organization’s goals in that focus area, whether the needed knowledge currently exists in the organization, and where any existing knowledge resides.

This document describes APQC’s strategic overview knowledge map template and provides detailed instructions for leveraging this tool in your organization. Click here to download an editable template in Microsoft Excel.