1. Information Chart of Accounts®
Introduction
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2. Powering Technology with Governance
A. Today
Amount of data is growing explosively today
Turning data into information is accelerating more laborious
Validation and analyses turn information finally into the knowledge
B. Tomorrow
Tomorrow models act like data today
Combining standards and best practices turn models into manageable new prosesses
New prosesses lead to the new way of thinking and acting
C. Day after tomorrow
1. Environment is covered by information
2. Data is captured when and where needed
3. Governance turns continious data flow to knowledge
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3. Information Chart of Accounts® (ICA) 1/2
1. Overview
A. Information Chart of Accounts® (ICA) is a list of accounts which are grouped together as
a hierarchical group. ICA is as fundamentally similar to chart of accounts (COA), but used
instead for the management of information not financial data.
B. ICA describes the information governance structure of an organization. ICA is implemented on
four steps: Plan, Do, Check, Act.
2. Implementation
A. ICA Plan includes descriptions of an organization business and IT processes. The processes
are defined as a hierarchical list containing all critical processes. Each process is assigned to
the separate information account on ICA.
B. ICA Do is performed according to the plan on technology platform like SAP. Each information
account is the separate object holding specified data from internal or external data sources and
is measured and validated by specified KPI (key performance indicator) and CSF (critical
success factor).
C. ICA Check analyses past, present and future business transactions of organization utilising the
specified measurements like KPIs (key performance indicators) and CSFs (critical success
factors).
D. ICA Act is performed according to the check results to be improving the management of the
business and IT processes to enable more qualified decisions and actions based on more
accurate and qualified information.
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4. Information Chart of Accounts® (ICA) 2/2
3. Structure
A. ICA defines organization business and IT processes hierachical structure
B. Each process is assigned to separate information account
C. Each information account holds specified data from internal or external data sources
4. Benefits
A. ICA removes the gap between business and IT management by creating the common language
upon each others
B. ICA is scalable and reproducable in corporations, small companies and public sector locally and
globally on different geographical locations
C. ICA provides right information on right time and place on today’s complicated and diversed
environment
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5. Contact information
• Email
info@igventure.com
• Phone, fax
+358 503823181
+358 9 85657001
• Internet
www.igventure.com
• Social media
http://www.linkedin.com/company/igventure
https://twitter.com/igventure
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