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Taxonomy Governance and Iteration
Best practices, lessons learned, and examples for taxonomy governance and iteration. Developed by Enterprise Knowledge and originally presented for the Knowledge Management Institute.
Governance and Iteration of Taxonomies
I recently presented at a Knowledge Management Institute event on the topic of Taxonomy Governance. I regard taxonomy governance as a critical component of any information management initiative. Though most organizations understand the important role effective taxonomy design plays, taxonomy … Continue reading
Top 5 Agile Myths: Myth #3 Agile is Just the Latest Project Management Fad
As I’ve written previously, more and more organizations are adopting Agile development processes, but there remains a great deal of confusion regarding what Agile is and what it can do. This post is the continuation of my series to quash … Continue reading
The Keys to Governance
Having worked with content and information management systems for the better part of two decades, I’m often asked where an organization should dedicate their often limited resources in order to improve findability and overall user satisfaction. Though there are several … Continue reading
Top 5 Agile Myths: Myth #2 Agile Teams are Made Up of Only Developers
As I’ve written previously, it is exciting to see more and more organizations adopting Agile development processes. Agile helps organizations speed time to market, lower project risk and improve relations between business and IT. Unfortunately, there is still a lot … Continue reading
The Business Taxonomy Workshop
Low Cost, Low Risk, High Value: A well-designed and implemented business taxonomy can improve the “findability” of information, improving search and browse within a variety of sites and systems. A business taxonomy can also help users discover content, vastly cutting down on time wasted re-creating content that already existed. Continue reading
Top 5 Agile Myths: Myth #1 Agile Lacks the Planning Required by Large Organizations
It is exciting to see more and more organizations adopting Agile development processes. Agile helps organizations speed time to market, lower project risk and improve relations between business and IT. Unfortunately, there is still a lot of misinformation or myths … Continue reading
Business Taxonomies and the Democratization of Content Management
In today’s information systems, an organization’s business users are more active than ever in the creation, publication, identification, and consumption of information. From big data, to social computing, to content and document management, users are generating more and more information. … Continue reading