- Most enterprises suffer from information overload. They have too many files, on too many shared drives, and in too many repositories.
- Business users are notoriously resistant to using new technologies such as SharePoint for managing content.
- IT has experimented with technologies such as SharePoint in the past, but has met with little success.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
- Information growth is becoming a bigger concern for both the business users and management.
- Everyone recognizes that developing a descriptive taxonomy to support business initiatives and manage risk is important, but nobody knows how to actually do it.
Impact and Result
- Take the first steps towards Information Organization. Balance business, IT, and user requirements to build an effective strategy.
- Create a rough-cut taxonomy to kick-off search, ECM, or SharePoint projects.