North Star Framework
Information management
We give your business one shared language for its information, so the same word means the same thing everywhere.
We give your business one shared language for its information, so the same word means the same thing everywhere.
Ask two teams what a customer is and you often get two answers. Ask where the current version of a document lives and you get a shrug. That isn’t a data science problem, it’s a language problem.
This service gives the business one shared language for its information: what things are called, what they mean and who owns them. Where you need it, we take that further, into the business profile your systems must meet and the records rules underneath.
This service can produce any of four things. They stand alone, so you can take one, several or all of them, in whatever combination fits. We agree which at the Diagnostic.
So you can deal with what is in front of you, not sign up for a records overhaul you don’t need.
Glossary, taxonomies, information assets and owners.
Metadata, classification and the capabilities systems must meet.
Each system measured against the standard, with the gaps to close.
Retention, disposal, archival and full governance.
Four stages, each with what we do and why it matters.
One name per thing, with an owner, used by every team and every system.
Clean, consistent information underneath, so the clever tools give answers worth trusting.
Named owners and a review rhythm, so the language stays put instead of sliding back.
That’s what the Diagnostic is for. Fifteen minutes and you leave knowing your next step. Or just talk to us.
