A total knowledge management architecture is a blueprint that provides the essential functionality to manage information and knowledge though its lifecycle, from inception to destruction, while enabling organizations to use assets to their full potential and maximize their return on investment. To ensure a thorough lifecycle management of this asset, organizations need to implement a comprehensive solution that helps them managing those multiple stages: 1. Business process management and workflow touches the entire enterprise content lifecycle. 2. Data management is the second aspect of this comprehensive solution. 3. Knowledge management and information retrieval technologies are critical to managing unstructured as well as structured information. 4. Metadata management is the final element of the strategy.

Business process reengineering
Life cycles