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  1. The knowledge journey

The knowledge landscape

Aggregate and analyze your team's capabilities

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Knowledge landscape functionality is only available to users

The knowledge landscape is a collection of deductions and visualisations of a team's knowledge, as assessed by PureType. Below is a discussion of the theory supporting this functionality.

This information is designed to serve the best interests of all members of an engineering team, moving away from a linear "pass/fail" model of knowledge acquisition to one that encourages knowledge sharing throughout the team.

Areas

Labelled clusters (areas) within represent groups of related concepts within a given language or technology that a team frequently utilizes. PureType deduces these clusters by analyzing the actual usage and interactions within a specific language or technology context.

By assessing recency and the level of understanding within a given area, the system can deliver tailored recommendations for improvement or highlight areas requiring oversight to engineering management. The areas of concern functionality depends on this higher-level structure imposed upon a knowledge graph.

This insight empowers leaders to make data-driven decisions, focusing on enhancing team competencies at a much greater pace than before.

Heatmaps

This approach allows team members to quickly identify of strength and weakness, relevant to the team, by visually interpreting color variations in familiarity and recency. The heatmap helps in recognizing patterns, spot trends, and derive insights about the distribution and concentration of knowledge within the team, ultimately contributing to informed decision-making and strategic planning for skill development and resource allocation.

Functionality

See for a description of the dashboard and oversight functionality within the web interface itself.

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