Methods, systems, and data structures for modeling information quality and maturity
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1. A method to model information quality and maturity, comprising:
- associating quality metrics, levels of maturity, quality capabilities with one another; and
providing an information quality map, wherein the map represents the quality metrics, the levels of maturity, and the quality capabilities integrated and linked with one another on the map, and wherein the map represents a current state for an information repository and transitions for moving from the current state to a desired information quality and maturity state, the map also depicts pathways for the transitions, each link within the pathways may be selected to show tasks that are organization specific and which detail steps internal to the organization that have to occur to move along the pathways to the desired information quality and maturity state.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and data structures for modeling information quality are provided. Information metrics, levels of maturity, and capabilities are integrated and linked with one another to provide an information quality and maturity assessment framework and tool. The framework is visualized and traversed in one or more dimensions. Sets of three metric values are provided to the tool for generating a current information quality state of a specific information repository. A desired information quality state is selected, and the tool generates a map of intermediate information quality states needed to optimally reach the desired state from the current state.
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1. A method to model information quality and maturity, comprising:
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associating quality metrics, levels of maturity, quality capabilities with one another; and providing an information quality map, wherein the map represents the quality metrics, the levels of maturity, and the quality capabilities integrated and linked with one another on the map, and wherein the map represents a current state for an information repository and transitions for moving from the current state to a desired information quality and maturity state, the map also depicts pathways for the transitions, each link within the pathways may be selected to show tasks that are organization specific and which detail steps internal to the organization that have to occur to move along the pathways to the desired information quality and maturity state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method to model information quality and maturity, comprising:
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using a service for accessing an interactive information modeling tool; providing information quality metric values to the information modeling tool based on metric variables defined in the information modeling tool; and receiving a visual map from the service depicting an information quality current state for an information repository based on the values, and wherein the visual map is adapted to include a desired information quality and maturity state for the information repository depicting transitions from the current state as pathways to the desired information quality and maturity state, and wherein each link of the pathways is selectable to depict actions or tasks for moving along the pathways. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An information modeling system, comprising:
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an information modeling tool; and an interface for interacting with the information modeling tool; wherein the information modeling tool models information quality for an information repository, and wherein the interface is used for providing information quality metric values for a current state of the information repository, the information modeling tool uses the information quality metric values to produce a map representing the current state and to permit the map to depict pathways from the current state to a desired state for the information repository, each link of the pathways detailing actions or tasks for moving along the pathways toward the desired state. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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