Information Management Manifesto
in Brief
What is the manifesto
about?
The Information Management (IM) Manifesto is a
community vehicle for formalising a non-binding and persuasive code of conduct
for the IM profession.
What is IM?
For this purpose of this initiative, IM is the
collection and management of information from one or more sources and the
distribution of that information to one or more audiences.
For the purpose of the current stage of the IM
Manifesto, the initiative is primarily focused on Data Warehousing, Decision
Support and Business Intelligence (Reporting, Data Visualization, Data
Analytics, etc.) It is however expected
that the scope will grow in order to cover other areas of IM.
Why have an IM Manifesto
group?
The world of IM is in a poor state; levels of
professionalism are at an all-time low; and as we move forward, the worse the
reputation of the profession becomes. IM desperately needs an ethical and
professional transformation, one that all professionals can contribute to and
support. So, in the absence of any group of this kind, I decided to start the
IM Manifesto initiative.
What is the IM Manifesto
vision?
The aim is that within a year we will have a
working code of conduct for the IM profession, and that the IM Manifesto will
be providing a coherent basis for tangible advantages, such as:
- The IM Manifesto will be used by customers of IM professional services and technologies as a means to set criteria for the selection, contractual arrangements, quality assurance and management of relationships with IM suppliers.
- IM Professionals who have signed up for the IM Manifesto can benefit from their endorsement of the IM Manifesto.
- IM service and technology providers can clearly differentiate themselves in the open marketplace.
Dependencies
The success
of the IM Manifesto will depend on individual
commitment, collective endorsements and widespread adoption.
Martyn Richard Jones-Lovering
IM Manifesto 2012
Madrid, 24th February 2012