Some time ago I attended the masterclass "Conducting an effective information audit". It was organised by
the Ark-group and the speaker was
Dillon Dhanecha. We had a good and informative day.
What is ‘information auditing’? Basically ‘information auditing’ is ‘counting’ the information you have in your organisation related to processes. Information is seen as an asset. The audit is conducted in the following way. People in the organisation at different levels are asked the following questions:
- What information is required to achieve organisational objectives?
- Who need it?
- How will it be used?
- How does it flow through the organisation?
- How does it travel in and out of the organisation?
Or a more personal version:
- What information resources or services do you need to do your job?
- How are these resources and services actually used?
- What is the link between information resources, the way they are used to complete a task and how does that task support organisational objecti…