Business Taxonomy Design and Development
Venue: Visconti Palace Hotel
Event Date/Time: Oct 30, 2008 | End Date/Time: Oct 31, 2008 |
Description
This seminar will also identify the major barriers to successfully implementing a Business Taxonomy and will cover Taxonomy Best Practices, Case Studies, and implementation methodologies. The seminar will also focus on Metadata strategy and design, offering additional faceting and flexibility for today’s systems. In addition, this workshop will define the keys to successful Knowledge Management governance to ensure that all your organization’s efforts are conducted in a consistent and sustainable manner. Finally, the seminar will detail a methodology for designing your own organization’s Business Taxonomy and will give hands-on examples of Taxonomy workshop exercises and techniques. The delegates will learn:
• How to design and sustain Business Taxonomies within your organization
• The value of Taxonomies and Metadata
• Best Practices for successful implementation and adoption
• The various approaches organizations have used to develop Taxonomies
• The common mistakes organization make in developing Taxonomies
• Best Practices for governance of your Knowledge Management projects
• How to get started developing your own organization’s categorization structure
ZACH WAHL
He leads Project Performance Corporation’s Knowledge Management Practice. He possesses extensive experience within the public and private sectors in the fields of information categorization and Knowledge Management. Mr. Wahl is a specialist in the deployment of Enterprise Information Portals and has developed Business Taxonomies and Ontologies for a variety of organizations including Pratt & Whitney; Columbia University; Hamilton Sundstrand; the International Monetary Fund; the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Mr. Wahl has also authored a series of courses on Portal Knowledge Management and development and is a frequent seminar speaker and trainer on the subjects of eGovernance, Portals and Taxonomy design.