by Conni Christensen | 8 May 2017
After my last post on classification I got into conversations with colleagues about why we haven’t been able to leverage auto-classification more for information governance (IG). Given that its no longer possible for us humans to process the vast quantities of...
by Conni Christensen | 8 May 2017
This is a rehash of an article published in 2012, but still relevant today DIRKS – a Tool for Achieving Better Business Outcomes Few people outside of the records management sector are familiar with the DIRKS methodology. What is DIRKS you ask? DIRKS stands for the...
by Conni Christensen | 10 Apr 2017
It is a simple process to create terms and categories and build them into information systems. And easy to justify building a new classification scheme (tick whichever is appropriate): We don’t have a scheme We have too many schemes We need to standardise language... by Conni Christensen | 9 Apr 2017
In my next few posts I’m going to write about building classification schemes. So it’s probably a good idea to explain the definitions I use upfront. Before you take me to task, bear in mind that my context is the information governance space, and while I...
by Conni Christensen | 8 Apr 2017
Everywhere I go people are creating classification schemes. All sorts of people are doing it: programmers, business and data analysts, information and enterprise architects. Mostly they are doing it because they are in the process of building an information system and...