Information Architecture (IA)
Objective
Within an Enterprise Architecture (EA) initiative or on its own, Information Architecture (IA) provides a holistic view on the usage of information within an organization. This ranges a.o. from determining ownership, data lifecycles, conceptual schemas, relating to business services/functions/processes and reaching consensus on terminology & definitions.
Value Proposition
LoQutus aids its customers in establishing a high-quality information architecture that balances required effort and usefulness.
Initiatives can range from being part of a full-scale EA initiative to limited domain/functionality scope. Assistance is offered on a conceptual, contentual, contextual and implementation level.
Role
- Advisory: How does IA fit in your organisation
- Coaching: executing organizational changes (a.o.boards, process, skills and competences)
- Implementation: establish an information architecture (a.o. AS IS, TO BE, enterprise or domain scope
Information architecture on a concept level
- Benefits of IA to business
- Strategic role of information changes and their impact
- Business case for IA
- Metamodel specifications (mostly in encompassing EA tracks)
Information architecture on a design level
- Roles and responsibilities
- Assistance on applying methodologies (e.g. Togaf, DMBOK, ...)
- Link common business vocabulary (CBV) to BPM (Business Process Management), EIM (Enterprise Information Model)
Information architecture on a implementation level
- Coaching for implementation projects
- Quality Assurance
- Cookbooks
- Implementation of Information Architecture (Enterprise Information Model, Logical Information Models, Physical Information Models, Business Vocabulary, integration with other EA disciplines)
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