The information audit: Role and scope Export

@article{citeulike:3371168, abstract = {The information audit (IA) is central to the effective organisational management of information, however, there is evidence from the field that the IA is neither fully accepted nor commonly practiced. This paper highlights and discusses three challenges to current practice: limited guidance on management of scope; ambiguous linkage to related ICT development processes; and the lack of a standard methodological approach. In response to these challenges, the role and scope of the IA is re-examined, key relationships to information strategy and information system architecture (ISA) are defined and mapped, and a two-dimensional matrix is proposed to manage scope.}, author = {Buchanan, S. and Gibb, F.}, citeulike-article-id = {3371168}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2007.01.002}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0268401207000059}, doi = {10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2007.01.002}, issn = {02684012}, journal = {International Journal of Information Management}, keywords = {audit, information}, month = {June}, number = {3}, pages = {159--172}, posted-at = {2008-10-03 15:53:49}, priority = {0}, title = {The information audit: Role and scope}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2007.01.002}, volume = {27}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3371168 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3371168 N2 - The information audit (IA) is central to the effective organisational management of information, however, there is evidence from the field that the IA is neither fully accepted nor commonly practiced. This paper highlights and discusses three challenges to current practice: limited guidance on management of scope; ambiguous linkage to related ICT development processes; and the lack of a standard methodological approach. In response to these challenges, the role and scope of the IA is re-examined, key relationships to information strategy and information system architecture (ISA) are defined and mapped, and a two-dimensional matrix is proposed to manage scope. IS - 3 JF - International Journal of Information Management SN - 02684012 EP - 172 TI - The information audit: Role and scope VL - 27 SP - 159 KW - audit KW - information AU - Buchanan, S AU - Gibb, F PY - 2007/06// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2007.01.002 ER -