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SUMMARY:How the application of information quality management can  be a po
 werful enabler of positive business change in asset-intensive businesses -
  Karl Venter and Prof. Matthew West\, Information Junction
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CONTACT:Philip Woodall
DESCRIPTION:The Seminar: A discussion of the use of a Systematic approach 
 to Information Quality Management in Asset-Intensive Businesses as a highl
 y effective enabler \nof Performance Improvement. Productive avenues for c
 ollaboration and research may become apparent.\n\nThe Thesis: A very effic
 ient way to achieve positive business performance improvement is to implem
 ent an information quality management system progressively releasing bottl
 enecks in the business. Deficient quality of information is a major source
  of error\, fault\, waste and delay\, the elimination of which goes straig
 ht to the bottom line. The QMS and other components needed for this busine
 ss change process exist and are well-developed.\n\nThe Puzzle: If it is so
  obvious\, why do enterprises struggle so with information quality problem
 s? Managers feel IM productivity is falling and projects seem high-risk an
 d complex\, needing IT specialists to deliver them.\n\nThe Solution: Make 
 information the responsibility of line management not IT. Align signals to
  management with the goals of the business\, empower them to respond and h
 old them to account for the Quality of Information wherever they find them
 selves in the organisation: \n* for information produced to be fit for pur
 pose at decision-points in the future in whatever context\n* for informati
 on used to support good decision-making even though produced in the past i
 n whatever context).\n\nThe Strategy: Start where you are and make progres
 s step-by-step. Use a practical business change framework supportive of co
 ntinuous information management improvement aligned to the business' goals
 .\n\nThe Tools: Enterprise Architecture Framework\, Information Management
  Maturity Model\, Business and Data Modelling Frameworks\, and the accumul
 ated knowledge and experience of others enshrined in standards: maximising
  flexibility\, re-usability\, interoperability and independence of past or
  current technology.\n
LOCATION:Seminar 3\, Institute for Manufacturing\, 17 Charles Babbage Road
 \, Cambridge
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