Old School Information Management

Wading through all this Web 2.0 stuff, it’s easy to forget that this is what information management is fundamentally about. I produced this adapted flowchart soon after I started working in humanitarian info management (10 years ago, and that ain’t funny), and it’s still being used today.

Oh, you’ll see versions with more stages in the cycle and more words than strictly necessary, but this is what it boils down to. If you’re designing an information system, there is no better guide to make sure you get it right. I would say that – I’m biased – but here we go: back to the old school.

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