TY - GEN
T1 - Barriers to the Adoption of Visual Knowledge Management Tools
T2 - 49th IEEE Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2025
AU - Ryan, Stephen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 IEEE.
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - Visual Knowledge Management Tools (VKMTs) have gained attention for their ability to support knowledge capture, organization, and communication in fields such as software engineering, process design, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Despite their theoretical advantages, adoption across academia and industry remains inconsistent. This paper explores the barriers hindering VKMT adoption through a systematic literature review of 38 peer-reviewed studies published between 2015 and 2024. Key challenges were identified and thematically grouped into five categories: technological, organizational, human, economic, and cultural. The findings reveal that while many barriers are common to general technology adoption, others - such as visual complexity, lack of interoperability, and visual literacy gaps - are more specific to VKMTs. To support further research and practice, we provide a descriptive summary of the literature base, outline the methodological approach, and offer a structured framework of adoption barriers. Practical recommendations are offered for stakeholders seeking to implement VKMTs, along with suggestions for future empirical work to bridge the gap between potential and application.
AB - Visual Knowledge Management Tools (VKMTs) have gained attention for their ability to support knowledge capture, organization, and communication in fields such as software engineering, process design, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Despite their theoretical advantages, adoption across academia and industry remains inconsistent. This paper explores the barriers hindering VKMT adoption through a systematic literature review of 38 peer-reviewed studies published between 2015 and 2024. Key challenges were identified and thematically grouped into five categories: technological, organizational, human, economic, and cultural. The findings reveal that while many barriers are common to general technology adoption, others - such as visual complexity, lack of interoperability, and visual literacy gaps - are more specific to VKMTs. To support further research and practice, we provide a descriptive summary of the literature base, outline the methodological approach, and offer a structured framework of adoption barriers. Practical recommendations are offered for stakeholders seeking to implement VKMTs, along with suggestions for future empirical work to bridge the gap between potential and application.
KW - Barriers to Adoption
KW - Knowledge Engineering
KW - Organizational Change
KW - Technology Adoption
KW - Visual Knowledge Management Tools
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105016207264
U2 - 10.1109/COMPSAC65507.2025.00227
DO - 10.1109/COMPSAC65507.2025.00227
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:105016207264
T3 - Proceedings - 2025 IEEE 49th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2025
SP - 1683
EP - 1687
BT - Proceedings - 2025 IEEE 49th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2025
A2 - Shahriar, Hossain
A2 - Alam, Kazi Shafiul
A2 - Ohsaki, Hiroyuki
A2 - Cimato, Stelvio
A2 - Capretz, Miriam
A2 - Ahmed, Shamem
A2 - Ahamed, Sheikh Iqbal
A2 - Majumder, AKM Jahangir Alam
A2 - Haque, Munirul
A2 - Yoshihisa, Tomoki
A2 - Cuzzocrea, Alfredo
A2 - Takemoto, Michiharu
A2 - Sakib, Nazmus
A2 - Elsayed, Marwa
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 8 July 2025 through 11 July 2025
ER -