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Taxonomy Use Cases: How To Estimate Effort and Complexity
When asked to define taxonomy, I like to define it as a method rather than a thing. I typically say taxonomy is a way of categorizing things hierarchically, from general to more specific. Sounds simple enough, right? After all, who … Continue reading
Common Taxonomy Design Mistakes, Part I: Failing to Include Your End Users
The necessity of a business taxonomy has become increasingly apparent as organizations across the globe have shifted to working from home and, consequently, have an increased need for their employees to be able to quickly and independently find and discover … Continue reading
Measuring the Success of KM Digital Transformation
Over the past decade, digital transformation has been a key focus for many organizations. Yet, it wasn’t until the recent months when many have been forced to become fully digital that we’ve seen how critical knowledge management is to an … Continue reading
3 Steps to Developing a Practical Knowledge Management Strategy: Step 3 Develop a Practical KM Roadmap
There are three key questions to ask when developing a Knowledge Management (KM) strategy: where are you, where do you want to be, and how do you ensure you get there successfully? These are the three pillars crucial for the … Continue reading
5 Reasons Why Mergers and Acquisitions Need KM
Many factors can impact the success of a merger and acquisition (M&A) transaction including economic uncertainty, proper target identification, accurately valuating a target, a stable regulatory and legislative environment, and a sound due diligence process. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, … Continue reading
A Knowledge and Information Management Strategy that Optimizes Cloud Migration for a Legal Institute
The Challenge A general counsel’s office within the federal government was migrating their internal information system to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. As part of this initiative, the organization sought to enhance its Knowledge Management capabilities in order to … Continue reading
A Global Knowledge and Information Management Solution
The EK Difference Because this large, global organization was seeking to successfully complete an initiative that traversed multiple departments, the effort required alignment and support from department leads, staff, and executives. EK leveraged our proven facilitation and prioritization approaches tailored … Continue reading
Natural Language Processing and Taxonomy Design
Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a branch of artificial intelligence (AI) that processes and analyzes human language found in text. Some of the exciting capabilities that NLP offers includes parsing out the significant entities in content through a statistical analysis … 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
Applying The Five Laws of Library Science to your Next Taxonomy or Digital Product
The rate at which we are producing new information is unprecedented. Each year our ability to capture and create information becomes easier. As a result, the need to find information becomes more and more important. Designing the structure of information … Continue reading