People often use the analogy of a swan gliding gracefully over the water whilst its feet are frantically paddling below the water as a way of encouraging people to make things look effortless and not to distract people with all the hard work going on.
However, in business, is this necessarily a good thing? (more…)
It is a fairly common sight to see a BIM architecture which places GIS outside the Common Data Environment (CDE). Is this correct? Well, I think it depends on what you mean by GIS. I want to reflect on this question more in later blogs. But for the purpose of this blog, let us focus on GIS and BIM. (more…)
OK, a slightly tongue in cheek title, but an important point to consider. For many people BIM (Building Information Modelling) is a discipline that you utilise during a capital project – and whilst we are on that topic, any construction project can benefit from BIM, not just a ‘building’. This is the approach defined in PAS 1192-2. (more…)
It will be no surprise that data on its own has little value, it’s the meaning of that data that brings any kind of benefit. But what value does it bring us? (more…)
We are often reminded to treat data as an asset, in fact this is something I do quite regularly with my work frequently covering both data and asset management. Thinking of data as an asset helps people to think about data having value and needing to be cared for. This then leads to the question:
What type of asset is data?
You may have good governance practises and robust data management processes in place but who is actually keeping your data updated; or in some cases not? Whilst most organisations agree that having a data quality framework in place is the right thing to do, are those same organisations putting enough effort into understanding what really happens in the processes around data operations? (more…)
In this fifth blog post about ISO 8000:150 we will look at the organisational approaches that form part of the overall data quality management approach defined in this standard. For an overview of the standard, please see ISO 8000:150–A framework for Data Quality Management. (more…)
In this fourth blog post about ISO 8000:150 we will look at the Data Quality Improvement processes that form part of the overall data quality management approach defined in this standard. For an overview of the standard, please see ISO 8000:150–A framework for Data Quality Management. (more…)
All too often there is requirement to physically verify assets in situ, in other words to do a survey. The scope and nature of information to be gathered can vary significantly dependent on the business’s perceived objectives, but ultimately it is the ‘Asset Inventory/ Register’ with pertinent asset attributes and a likely inclusion of a condition assessment. The activity of asset surveying is not only labour intensive and costly, requiring consolidation of data and information sources, but requires careful consideration on what the outputs will deliver in terms of business benefits. So what are some of potential outputs are we talking about from the exercise? (more…)