Presented at Midwest KM Symposium by Guillermo Galdamez (Senior Consultant at Enterprise Knowledge), the presentation, "What's in a name? Not your Org chart", explores taxonomy design best practices, and offers usable solutions to tagging and organizing knowledge assets without relying on an organigram.

1. WHAT’S IN A NAME? NOT YOUR ORG CHART
Guillermo Galdamez
August 9, 2019
Midwest KM Symposium
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3. Strengths
•Fast & easy to implement
•Intuitive to users
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4. Drawbacks
•Inflexible hierarchy
•Frequent changes
•Too many levels
•Reinforces existing boundaries
•It can get political
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5. More on Taxonomy Design
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6. CONSIDERATIONS
Objective:
Facts and attributes
Subjective:
Perspectives & mental models
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7. EXAMPLE: Music
Mood
Activity
Event
Genre
Record label
Decade
Objective
Facts and attributes
Subjective
Perspectives & mental models
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WHAT IS YOUR GO-TO MUSIC FOR A ROAD TRIP?

9. What alternatives do we have?

10. Implement a multi-faceted taxonomy
Resource Type
Project Type
Process
Topic
Cycle
Quarter
Industry
Region
Year
Product
Service
Event
AND MORE!!!
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11. Use generic functional areas
• Human Resources
• Sales
• Legal
• Accounting
• … etc.
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12. Use the top-most level of the
org chart
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13. Use the org chart, I guess?
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QUESTIONS?

15. KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING…
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