Information Management StrategyNeed an information
management strategy checklist and
want some practical timesaving suggestions and sample templates?
Imagine you have just purchased an old house and you want to make 
some
renovations. You call an architect who asks you a series of questions such as how you plan to use the house e.g.
The architect goes away, does some work and comes back with a series of drawings and plans. These show you what can be done with the house, how much it will cost, how long it will take, and what resources are needed. What is an information management strategy? A strategy document is similar to an architect’s drawings and plans. It is created by an information management architect. It specifies:
Would you start a major project without a project plan? Not in today’s world when every penny is squeezed so hard your fingers turn copper. A strategy document is really a project plan with one major objective “successful implementation of information management”. It provides a blueprint for action and confirms the management commitment, approach, schedule and accountabilities required to implement sound information management. Information
management strategy checklist
 Create
a project
management plan to secure management commitment for the
approach, schedule and cost of the information management strategy
project.
Analyze
data structure and design to gain an understanding of what data is
required to support management and business intelligence purposes and
create a conceptual
data
model. Analyze data storage
and
enterprise
data management to determine where/how data is
currently stored.Review enterprise data
movement and document understanding in the form of a conceptual data
flow diagram.Review data security
and
data
file recovery procedures.
Review meta data management processes
and best practices. Examine data quality
management. Look at the project
management life cycle to determine if it is consistent with
information
management requirements.Review roles and
responsibilities and human
resource strategy.Determine what business
management information is required to support on-going operations. Review business
intelligence strategy.Review change management
strategy to ensure that it supports information management
requirements.Review information
management policies.Formulate a data
management
strategy; and Develop an information
management plan.Risks We need to be very careful to avoid too much detail. Failure to do this will increase the time required to complete the planning process and will not provide substantially more benefit. Summary... An information management strategy is an intensive planning phase where we analyze the current information management situation, develop recommendations for the desired situation, and present an implementation action plan.
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