Comments on: Why is Information Management so complex? http://mike2.openmethodology.org/blogs/information-development/2007/08/07/why-is-information-management-so-complex/ Developing your information across the enterprise Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:18:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Robert.Hillard http://mike2.openmethodology.org/blogs/information-development/2007/08/07/why-is-information-management-so-complex/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Robert.Hillard Mon, 13 Aug 2007 02:12:27 +0000 http://mike2.openmethodology.org/blogs/information-development/2007/08/07/why-is-information-management-so-complex/#comment-4 Jeremy, You make a very good point. Metadata creates the opportunity to link information together across the enterprise and makes it possible to then both find people and (even more importantly) the information that makes them valuable (the reason you want to work with them). This is another way of describing the organization as a network and is the reason why we talk about Networked Information Governance (http://mike2.openmethodology.org/index.php/Networked_Information_Governance_Solution_Offering). If the metadata helps us to find the value, IM techniques help us to manage the hidden complexity. Jeremy,
You make a very good point. Metadata creates the opportunity to link information together across the enterprise and makes it possible to then both find people and (even more importantly) the information that makes them valuable (the reason you want to work with them). This is another way of describing the organization as a network and is the reason why we talk about Networked Information Governance (http://mike2.openmethodology.org/index.php/Networked_Information_Governance_Solution_Offering). If the metadata helps us to find the value, IM techniques help us to manage the hidden complexity.

]]> By: Social Glass » Blog Archive » Defining the Human Entity http://mike2.openmethodology.org/blogs/information-development/2007/08/07/why-is-information-management-so-complex/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Social Glass » Blog Archive » Defining the Human Entity Sat, 11 Aug 2007 08:39:27 +0000 http://mike2.openmethodology.org/blogs/information-development/2007/08/07/why-is-information-management-so-complex/#comment-3 [...] got me thinking about a post my boss wrote about information management where he discusses a Master Data Management scenario where the [...] [...] got me thinking about a post my boss wrote about information management where he discusses a Master Data Management scenario where the [...]

]]> By: Jeremy Thomas http://mike2.openmethodology.org/blogs/information-development/2007/08/07/why-is-information-management-so-complex/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Jeremy Thomas Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:25:17 +0000 http://mike2.openmethodology.org/blogs/information-development/2007/08/07/why-is-information-management-so-complex/#comment-2 Rob, while I understand you're describing why information management is complex, I think it's also worth mentioning the benefit an organization gains from successfully consolidating meta data about a single entity (particularly a person). And in simple terms, the benefit is "Discovery". That is, if we can harvest all that there is to know about a person from various federated data sources and make all that there is to know about that person discoverable, we are laying the groundwork for social discovery on a grand, enriched scale. While data is very important, I'd argue people are the organization's greatest asset. And I'm excited by how metadata can facilitate social discovery providing disparate human resources with the ability to locate each other not just by name but by skill, experience, interest, contribution etc. Rob, while I understand you’re describing why information management is complex, I think it’s also worth mentioning the benefit an organization gains from successfully consolidating meta data about a single entity (particularly a person). And in simple terms, the benefit is “Discovery”.

That is, if we can harvest all that there is to know about a person from various federated data sources and make all that there is to know about that person discoverable, we are laying the groundwork for social discovery on a grand, enriched scale.

While data is very important, I’d argue people are the organization’s greatest asset. And I’m excited by how metadata can facilitate social discovery providing disparate human resources with the ability to locate each other not just by name but by skill, experience, interest, contribution etc.

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