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Information Strategy

If you have the sense that your organisation is drowning in information, a coherent information strategy may be the difference between sinking and swimming.

The need for organisations to formulate a business strategy which describes the desired future and how to get there has been long understood. Less commonly understood is the need to apply strategic disciplines to the management of information assets and processes. The increasingly complex information environment demands that organisations now apply strategic planning disciplines to their information programme.

Metataxis can work with you to develop an information strategy which takes account of your particular business environment and which provides a solid foundation to deliver on your wider organisational strategy. It is no exaggeration to suggest that strategic business success will only be achieved with an ambitious but practically focussed information strategy.

A typical strategic planning process that we would undertake would include describing:

  • Vision: what is the ideal image or the desired end state?
  • Current State: what is today's situation? What is the gap from ideal and why?
  • Action Plan: what specific actions must be taken to close the gap between today's situation and the ideal state?
  • Resource Plan - what resources are required to execute the activities?

Part of your information strategy might also include how to deal with the information interoperability issues of your disparate systems, or enabling your users to find what they looking for by creation of a findability strategy.

Once you have an information strategy you will need to create an information architecture on which to build your information systems, and once built the systems will need ongoing information management so ensure their continued use.

 

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Information strategy projects


Open Access Training

Metataxis run a number of open access information architecture training courses.


Bespoke Training

We can also deliver bespoke training targeted to your organisation's needs. This can be done either in-house or at a dedicated location of your choice and can be cheaper and more focussed on your particular requirements. Contact us to discuss your requirements.