For Information & Knowledge Management Professionals (Length: 14 pages)

November 17, 2008

How To Build A High-Octane Taxonomy For ECM And Enterprise Search Systems

by Leslie Owens

with Matthew Brown, Kyle McNabb, Norman Nicolson


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Enterprises invest in big-ticket information management software such as search, portal, and enterprise content management (ECM) systems, in an effort to eliminate information silos and increase content reuse. To reach such an ambitious goal, it's vital to enrich the content that flows through these systems with more meaningful and structured metadata. Enriched content is simply easier to isolate, promote, find, and control. But it's challenging to incorporate taxonomy projects in the whirlwind of tools and processes to create, manage, and access content in the enterprise. Here's a guide to building taxonomies that don't sit on a shelf; they work inside key information systems to make them hum.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemMany Enterprises Struggle With Taxonomy Initiatives

itemTaxonomies Fail For Three Reasons

itemMisunderstanding "Taxonomy" Is Often The Root Cause Of The Problem

itemTypes Of Taxonomic Structure

itemDifferent Taxonomy Types Can Interact And Work Together

itemTaxonomy Teams: Use Taxonomy Fundamentals To Guide Strategy

itemDecide On Approach: Enterprise Or Tactical?

itemWhere Will The Taxonomy Live?

itemWho Will Govern, And How?

itemFirms Realize Benefits When Taxonomies Are Put To Use, Again And Again

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itemAlign Taxonomies With Business Objectives And Technology Investments

itemSupplemental Material

Forrester conducted 20 in-depth interviews with taxonomy management vendors, independent consultants, and information and knowledge management professionals at user organizations.

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Analyst: Leslie Owens
Technology: Enterprise Content Management, Enterprise Portals & Search, Information & Knowledge Management
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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