Developing a Metadata Plan-06-11-09
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The document discusses developing a plan for metadata standards and management. It outlines several key aspects to consider, including identifying important standards, determining business needs and drivers, assessing project risks, learning from other organizations, starting small and focusing on specific problems, and establishing metrics for success. The document provides examples of metadata projects and emphasizes that every organization's needs are unique when developing a standards plan.
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Developing a Metadata Plan-06-11-09
- 1. Developing a Plan for Metadata June 11 th , 2009 Seth Earley 781-820-8080 [email_address]
- 2. Metadata lifecycles Standards Standards Standards Standards Standards “ The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.” - Andrew S. Tanenbaum , Professor, Computer Science, Vrije Universiteit, Netherlands Metadata Integration Framework Standards Standards Standards Standards Role of metadata in various stages of production Metadata and preservation Multiple perspectives on standards Unique identifier systems Master metadata management Multi source metadata Sourcing Pre Production Production Post Production Distribution Archiving and Preservation Master Metadata Management Theatrical Web Broadcast Retail Mobile 1 2 3 4 5 6
- 3. Getting started “ Operationalizing” standards Which standards, when? Lessons from other industries Understanding business drivers Project risks Developing a plan Action items
- 4. Adopting a standards versus operationalizing standards Standards creation Adoption and operationalization Alignment with process Technical adoption Internal and external integration Taxonomy development Asset tagging Asset reuse scenarios Thesaurus structures Controlled vocabularies Localization Adaptation for various devices Rights tracking with metadata
- 5. Which standards are important? Identification Discovery Structural Rights Product Meta-metadata Standards for a global publisher Internal Standards
- 6. Typical Drivers for Metadata Projects Enterprise wide initiatives Digital asset management projects Workflow development Business intelligence and integration initiatives Document management projects Search tuning projects (especially faceted search) Departmental programs Marketing resource management E commerce Customer support Sales management
- 7. Example Metadata Projects American Greetings – digital asset management for production workflows Pearson Publishing – asset reuse, e commerce, product development Consumer Products Organization – reuse of video assets for marketing and brand management Pharmaceutical Company – global marketing resource management (video, print, audio, web resources) Hasbro – e commerce initiative leveraging faceted search/guided navigation
- 8. Metadata as a common business language Case Example: Motorola’s Global Metadata Framework Served Multiple Processes Browsing & filtering Digital Asset Management Related documents Financial reporting Business intelligence Program Management Product Lifecycle Management
- 9. One size does not fit all Diverse organizations Different groups are at varying levels of maturity Business models vary Applications are complex and heterogeneous Workflows are different Drivers and imperatives are unique
- 10. Metadata Project Risks Business case Poorly developed business case Lack of meaningful success measures Alignment with users needs Insufficient requirements gathering Lack of alignment between business goals and system functionality Sponsorship and accountability Insufficient management support Budgets not allocated correctly to true organizational costs
- 11. Metadata Project Risks Buy in and change management Lack of buy-in “on the ground” Perception of “one more thing” to do Lack of training in application of metadata tags Deployment and operationalization Functionality gap – deployed capabilities do not meet business needs Poorly planned migration, legacy content not correctly vetted and tagged Lack of defined asset lifecycles and appropriate workflows Absence of policy and standards enforcement mechanisms
- 12. Developing a Plan Determine what is most important to the business Internal efficiencies or external interactions? If focus is internal (for example, improving asset management and findability) Answer may be to focus on file structures, naming conventions, internal taxonomy If focus is external (product distribution, e commerce, intercompany production flows) Focus on data and information exchange (industry) standards
- 13. Developing a Plan Get support and buy in from decision makers Need to demonstrate why this needs to be done now Lots of competing projects, limited time, attention, resources Align with existing projects What are the other in-flight projects that would benefit from standards creation and application, development of organizing principles? Align with existing governance Any standard needs to be kept up to date, be managed, have expert input. What groups are currently making enterprise decisions? Pay attention to long term preservation and asset reuse while focusing on short term drivers and efficiencies
- 14. Developing a Plan Determine resourcing/staffing needed Is this an additional task for current job descriptions? Are new resources/skill sets required? Learn from your peers Continue to network, ask what works in other organizations Learn from other industries What kinds of governance structures, change processes, standards creation approaches are in place in other businesses? What industries are most mature in these areas? Stay connected with Academy projects and programs and participate in working groups
- 15. Developing a Plan Start small/stay focused Find a specific problem to solve Show progress, successes Get additional buy in after incremental improvement Establish success metrics/criteria What will success look like? Can it be measured? Start with a single perspective/problem focus and then expand
- 16. Returning to this morning’s questions… How does this relate to my work? What can I bring back to my organization? What standards does my organization need to consider? How can I get involved in/influence standards development? What are the needs of my users/customers/colleagues? How can I make the business case for getting started? Where can I create efficiencies in internal workflows? How can you apply what you have learned today?
- 17. Action items Schedule internal briefings in your organization to begin to educate management and stakeholders and raise awareness Work with relevant standards making bodies (don’t leave standards development entirely to technology vendors)
- 18. Discussion