Abstract: “Knowledge management has been a challenging issue in software projects. D ue to the knowledge driven nature of the software products, paying enough attention to this concept is necessary. Recently, Agile methods are widely used in software companies. A big challenge in these methods in associated with knowledge management, is la ck of formal communication and documentation. Meanwhile, several knowledge management models have been proposed in which Leavitt’s model is famous one. This study tries to adopt Leavitt’s model to Agile methods and map this model to structure of the Agile methods.”

Keywords: Agile software development, Agile methods, Knowledge management, Leavitt’s model, Software engineering