Knowledge Node Summary

Confidence in the decisions made by, the information provided by or the services or equipment delivered by another person or group can reduce the burden of verification required in order to have confidence in the use of the decisions, information or services or equipment. This generally means that a system of delivery or decision making which is delivered through the involvement of many people can be confidently claimed to be sound even though each person does not need to verify every part of the decision or equipment etc. provided by this group activity.
Trust can also mean that effective supply chains can run smoothly, efficiently and with confidence. It can also mean that interpersonal relationships can make use of experience and capability provided by many expert sources to deliver decisions or information with confidence.

A summary of expert opinion:

The knowledge named 'Utilisation of trust' is considered to be quite critical.
In addition, the knowledge is thought to be quite complex and difficult to learn, it is generally learned from experience, and is moderately justifiable knowledge.
The learn time for this node given an understanding of the prerequisites, is about 3 months. The estimated learn time for the entire knowledge structure of this node is about 3 years.