Got a Taxonomy Emergency? Call the EMT!
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Bram Wessel of Factor and Melinda Geist of Intel discuss how to fix taxonomy emergencies in your organization.
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- 3. Melinda
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- 18. #TMW
- 19. What is “enterprise level?”
- 20. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Break the problem into smaller chunks.
- 21. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Break the problem into smaller chunks.
- 22. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com enterprise taxonomy decision tree
- 23. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Taxonomy Topology Form
- 24. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Our Taxonomy Topology
- 25. Visual of Taxonomy Topology
- 26. Visual of Taxonomy Topology
- 27. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com 19 taxonomies 26 systems
- 28. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Have a project charter, so you don’t boil the ocean!
- 29. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com What will it take to operate at enterprise scale?
- 30. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com A seat at the table.
- 31. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com CALL THE EMT!
- 32. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Now the REAL work begins
- 33. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Cultivate a shared vision of the desired future state.
- 35. ASSESSMENT
- 36. ROADMAP
- 38. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Our First Question: What is a campaign?
- 39. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Campaign Process Model
- 40. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Campaign Process Model Workshop
- 41. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Campaign Process Model Workshop
- 42. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com CIM = Campaign Information Model
- 46. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com 1. Define Your Terms
- 47. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com 2. Build Trust
- 48. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com 3. It’s not a quick fix.
- 49. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com 3. It’s not a quick fix.
- 50. I TAXONOMY
- 51. ROADMAP
- 52. Roadmap ROADMAP
- 54. Research ROADMAP
- 67. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.comROADMAP: TAXONOMY
- 68. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Information Infrastructure INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE ROADMAP:
- 69. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Information Infrastructure INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE ROADMAP:
- 70. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Information Infrastructure INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE ROADMAP:
- 71. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Implementation ROADMAP: IMPLEMENTATION
- 72. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Implementation ROADMAP: IMPLEMENTATION
- 73. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Implementation ROADMAP: IMPLEMENTATION
- 74. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Implementation ROADMAP: IMPLEMENTATION
- 75. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Onboarding ROADMAP: ONBOARDING
- 76. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Onboarding ROADMAP: ONBOARDING
- 77. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Onboarding ROADMAP: ONBOARDING
- 78. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Onboarding ROADMAP: ONBOARDING
- 79. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Measurement ROADMAP: ONBOARDING
- 80. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com The bottom line.
- 82. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com An Enterprise Information Model is a core corporate asset.
- 83. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Focus on CAPABILITIES.
- 86. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Organizational Alignment
- 87. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Organizational Alignment Questions: What will it take to overcome siloes in your organization? Do you have taxonomy emergencies? What is the awareness within the organization of problems with how information is managed? What is the level of agreement among groups of stakeholders that your challenges need to be addressed at an enterprise level?
- 88. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Organizational Alignment Questions: Are interests aligned within and among stakeholder groups? Is there a sense of a common purpose? How motivated are stakeholders and the organization? Is there enough pain to motivate people to fundamentally change the way they work?
- 90. Influence and Buy-in Questions: Do potential executive sponsors materially understand the nature of the challenge? Is there an executive or team of executives who are responsible for the parts of the business that are impacted? Do executives sponsors have influence and the ability to allocate budget at an organization-wide level?
- 91. TECHNOLOGY
- 92. TECHNOLOGY
- 93. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Technology Questions: What are the systems of record for different core taxonomy assets? Is there a need for a taxonomy management tool or can enterprise-level information assets be maintained manually or in a distributed fashion? What are the modeling capabilities of systems of record and other systems at play?
- 94. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Technology Questions: Are there gaps in the technology stack that are preventing enterprise taxonomy management capabilities? How well do systems integrate with each other?
- 95. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com BUSINESS CASE: TANGIBLE
- 96. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com BUSINESS CASE: TANGIBLE
- 97. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Business Case Questions: Is it easy to point to the business losing money due to the lack of enterprise-level management of information assets? Are there clear and present pain points arising from the current state? Is it easy to see how the business could make more money or have a positive return on an investment in shifting to an enterprise-level information strategy?
- 98. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Business Case Questions: Is there enough clarity to see a path to a desired future state? Are there business capabilities that the organization lacks that an enterprise approach would enable? Are the benefits of the desired future state clear?
- 99. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Lessons Learned 1. Educate and simplify. Repeat.
- 100. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Lessons Learned 2. Get support for ongoing investment.
- 101. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com Lessons Learned 3. Challenges are inevitable. Find the opportunities in them.
- 102. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com EVERY ORG IS DIFFERENT
- 103. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com What is your information supply chain?
- 104. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com TAXONOMY AS A SERVICE
- 105. @bramwessel @factorfirm factorfirm.com NO MORE TAXONOMY EMERGENCIES