An enterprise information model is a set of taxonomies, metadata, content types, and relationships that define how information is organized across multiple business units, systems, channels, and workflows within an organization. While an information model already implicitly exists in any enterprise, intentionally developing one provides benefits like organizational alignment and treating information as a key corporate asset, whereas ignoring it risks inconsistencies. Successfully managing an enterprise information model requires long-term commitment, governance, and understanding each organization's unique business context.

1. What is an Enterprise
Information Model?
Bram Wessel and Gary Carlson
@factorfirm
factorfirm.com

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What is an information model?
A set of taxonomies, metadata, content
types, and the relationships between
them, that you use to run your business.

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What is an enterprise information
model?
Whenever you have multiple systems,
multiple business units, multiple channels,
or multiple workflows, you are in an
enterprise information environment.

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Why do you need an enterprise
information model?
It exists already whether you
acknowledge it or not.
Being intentional about it has benefits.
Ignoring it has risks.

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How do organizations successfully
manage an enterprise information model?
Organizational alignment.
Institutional commitment.
Long-term focus and planning.
Governance.
Viewing information as an enterprise asset.

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Where do you start?
Ask yourself, what is the business
context?

7. Thank you.
Bram Wessel and Gary Carlson
@factorfirm
factorfirm.com