When you are developing and learning about all of the specific processes and analysis methods for gathering and analyzing the data related to your information management

1. THE BIG PICTURE IN
INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT
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When you are developing and learning about all of the specific
processes and analysis methods for gathering and analyzing the data
related to your information management, it is important to keep the
bigger picture in mind.
It is easy to focus on the specifics of each of the information
management processes, such as the competitive intelligence (CI)
process or the strategic release of information process, but it is very
important that you keep the big picture in mind to guide these
decisions.
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Making sure that each of the implemented steps for your overall
information management strategy fits within the framework of your
organization’s overall mission will make sure that all of your processes
are working to increase your efficiency and not undermining the
process.
Taking a step back once you have drilled down and fixed a component
of a information management process will ensure that you are able to
keep everything in line and not stray from your company’s vision.
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An effective information management strategy enables you to get an
advantage over your competition and this should be one of the main
focuses when you are developing the individual processes.
It is no use implementing a process or strategy within information
management that does not increase this advantage, and using this as
the first hurdle when developing a new process can save your
organization time and money.
Apply this big picture thinking to all of the information management
strategy and process decisions to make sure that you are increasing
your advantage at every opportunity that you can.
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Defining a mission or goal for your information management process is
one of the easiest and best ways to ensure that all of the processes are
contributing positively.
Often a broad and loose goal of simply gaining any advantage over your
competition is too vague to be useful. Instead having a laser focused
goal for your CI and information management strategy as a whole, will
ensure that you have something to measure your processes against.
Measuring and then adjusting when it does not conform synergistically
to your overall strategy will enable you to maximize your information
management success, while minimizing the required resources.
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Information management is an important part of any business and the
better that you can define the big picture goal, and make sure that all of
the processes conform to this goal, the more effective your competitive
advantage will be.
Build into the processes a feedback loop so that you can easily iterate
and increase efficiency so that the process will automatically upgrade
itself and increase the effects of the the overall information
management strategy and CI processes.
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