Taxonomy Governance
How Do I Implement A Taxonomy?
Congrats, you have a taxonomy! It is a strategic milestone for many organizations whether the taxonomy is instantiated in a taxonomy management system of some type, or, as we much more commonly see, stored in a spreadsheet. Regardless, your next … Continue reading »
System Migration and Enterprise Search Design Powered by Enterprise Taxonomy, Automated Tagging, and Content Governance
The Challenge Staff at a US-based investment and insurance company were spending extraneous amounts of time finding information through the organization’s search experience. Users had been instructed to interact with search in specific ways (which filters to use, how to … Continue reading »
Improved Customer Service and Risk Management through KM
The Challenge At over 30,000 employees, this diverse insurance organization has business areas that widely vary in information maturity, some actively leveraging taxonomies while others used basic/unorganized tagging systems or simple folder structures. Even business areas with mature taxonomies were … Continue reading »
Taxonomy Implementation Best Practices
Have you ever found yourself wondering how to implement a taxonomy you’ve just designed or updated? You might have asked yourself, “How do I make this taxonomy work in SharePoint? In Salesforce? Oracle Knowledge Advanced?” You are not alone. Many … Continue reading »
7 Habits of Highly Effective Taxonomy Governance
This presentation, delivered by Guillermo Galdamez at the Taxonomy Bootcamp Connect Conference, offers seven practical tips for improving taxonomy governance efforts in your organization – making sure that the taxonomy continues to grow and evolve alongside the organization and communicating … Continue reading »
Enterprise Level vs. Team Level Taxonomies
Many of our clients ask us how to maintain taxonomies at both the enterprise and the team level without duplicating effort, overcomplicating systems, or burdening end users with multiple metadata fields. Depending on the size of your organization, the size … Continue reading »
Best Practices for Successful Metadata Governance
Metadata governance is often seen as burdensome, tough to implement, and even harder to prioritize. When organizations embark on a metadata initiative, they tend to focus on design and development rather than governance. Metadata and taxonomies are living tools that … Continue reading »
Taxonomy Lines Blur Without Governance
Taxonomies are constantly evolving and growing alongside the businesses they serve. Users are not static and neither are their processes or the content they create and consume. Ensuring that the taxonomy grows holistically means keeping the entire vocabulary in mind … Continue reading »
Wahl Speaking at Digital Transformation Summit
EK’s Zach Wahl will be speaking at the upcoming Digital Transformation Summit in Nashville, TN. The Digital Transformation Summit, produced by Edgenet, focuses on digital transformation, its effects on the retail industry, and how properly managed product content can be … Continue reading »