Un projet vaste comme l'avait souligné Catherine Thomas de Rodige (CNRS) : "nous devons bâtir une solution de knowledge management pour favoriser le partenariat entre les firmes et les institutions de recherche dans le domaine des télécommunications. Nous devons pour cela réussir aussi à capturer le savoir-faire des firmes et des labos en matière de partenariat : les procédures, les finalités, les éléments pris en compte."

In modern management practices there is a term and process called Catchball which originated from a planning process known as Hoshin Kanari. Catchball is defined as: “a communication process in which parties engage in a series of information exchanges about the means for achieving a particular objective. The purpose for the exchange is to build consensus around the best approach for achieving an objective. Catchball is based on the belief that the best approach will evolve from the back and forth exchange of information between the person who is responsible for achieving the objective and the persons who will be most influential in achieving it. The secondary benefit from using catchball is a higher degree of commitment to achieve the objective.”