Building a Business Case for Knowledge Management
I am sure many of you have been following the the GM ignition switch recall. The Washington Post has an interesting article on what happened the other day. As I read the story, it painted a clear picture for me … Continue reading
EK Teaching Upcoming Taxonomy Master Class for KMI
Enterprise Knowledge is teaching an upcoming Taxonomy Master Class for the Knowledge Management Institute. EK Principal Zach Wahl will be presenting the class based on his nearly twenty years of taxonomy design consulting experience. The class will provide end-to-end design … Continue reading
Six ways to Simplify Metadata Management
Many of our clients come to Enterprise Knowledge (EK) looking for help defining a metadata schema for their search or content management initiatives. Too often they tell us that they do not have the budget or team to keep up … Continue reading
Merging Knowledge and Information Management for Real Results
Over our years of knowledge management consulting and information management consulting, our clients often ask what the difference is between KM and IM. A few simple online searches show similar queries run amok. My experience, frankly, is that the definitions … Continue reading
EK Presenting on Agile at Upcoming IEEE Event
Enterprise Knowledge’s Joe Hilger will be co-presenting at the May 27th IEEE Software Special Interest Group meeting in McLean, VA. Hilger and Mark Shima of CIO Accelerators will share interesting ways to make Agile projects deliver real business value at … Continue reading
The Keys to Practical Knowledge Management
Several years ago, I had the pleasure of writing an article for Inside Knowledge Magazine about the current state of knowledge management. Having come across the article recently, I thought it would be useful to provide an update on that … Continue reading
Enterprise Knowledge Invited to Speak at Text Analytics World Conference
Enterprise Knowledge Principal and CEO Zach Wahl will be speaking at the upcoming Text Analytics World conference in San Francisco. Wahl will be presenting a federal government case study, about Optimizing Findability with Text Analytics and Taxonomies. The case study … Continue reading
Taxonomy Consulting and the Importance of UX Design
In my nearly twenty years of taxonomy consulting, I’ve consistently preached the gospel of user experience design. I coined the term “Business Taxonomy” in order to reflect the basic principle that taxonomies for today’s information users need to reflect the … Continue reading
Enterprise Knowledge Participating in Government IT Forum Records & Information Management Event
Enterprise Knowledge CEO Zach Wahl will be participating in the upcoming Government IT Forum Records & Information Management (RIM) event, December 2 and 3 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington DC. Wahl will draw upon his deep … Continue reading
Taxonomy Design for Drupal
I recently presented a webinar addressing taxonomy design for Open Source platforms. Through my years of taxonomy consulting, I’ve seen a stronger and stronger trend toward the use of Open Source and the need for effective taxonomy design and development … Continue reading