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The 4 Steps to Designing an Effective Taxonomy: #1 Design a User-Centric Taxonomy
Taxonomy is not as daunting as it seems. In this blog series, one of EK’s taxonomy experts, Ben White, provides 4 practical steps to designing and validating a user-centric taxonomy. Step #1: Design a User-Centric Taxonomy When most individuals hear … Continue reading
Practical Knowledge Management
This presentation leverages several recent success stories from EK’s client work to discuss current themes in Knowledge and Information Management systems design and development. It includes examples and discussion of Cloud, Agile, Taxonomy, and Change Management, amongst other themes.
The Power of Information Items
Working with a client recently on building a new knowledge management system (KMS) from the ground up, I was reminded of the power of information items. Not only because they are the building blocks of a KMS, but also because … Continue reading
Taxonomy Driven User Experiences with PoolParty
Consistency is crucial to a good user experience. Designers go to great lengths to create and test consistent visual designs. The organization of information is of equal importance to a good user experience, but it is often overlooked in the … Continue reading
The Art of Taxonomy Design
Throughout my years of taxonomy design consulting, I’ve tried to balance the human side of taxonomy with the data-driven side. This has evolved over time to inform the hybrid taxonomy design methodology that EK leverages. This approach leverages both top-down … Continue reading
Search Design Best Practices
Search is one of the most important capabilities of every Knowledge Management project on which we work. Every company of any size has to find a way to make search work. It can be a website search for customers, a … Continue reading
Change Management for Agile Projects
Through our years of designing, developing, and implementing knowledge and information management technologies, we’ve consistently regarded user understanding and buy-in as key criteria for success. The change management profession aims to reduce the purported 70% failure rate on large projects … Continue reading
Introducing Content Standards in Social Organizations
How can spontaneous innovation and organizational standards live happily in the same knowledge management system? While working with a client recently, I was impressed by how much innovation I was seeing throughout the organization. Folks were “figuring things out” in … Continue reading
Agile Knowledge Management
Companies in nearly every industry are adopting Agile techniques to enhance IT projects, manage marketing initiatives, and manage their business. If you are passionate about Knowledge Management (KM), you may wonder how Agile and KM fit together. We at Enterprise … Continue reading
New Year’s Resolutions – The Knowledge Management Edition
If you’re like many, at this time of year, you’re tossing the last of the fruit cake, sweeping the pine needles, and shelving the holiday decorations for another year. Of course, it’s also that time of year to begin making … Continue reading