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Information Quality Applied: Best Practices for Improving Business Information, Processes and Systems
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Information Quality Applied: Best Practices for Improving Business Information, Processes and Systems

by Larry P. English
October 2009
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
839 pages
29h 16m
English
Wiley
Content preview from Information Quality Applied: Best Practices for Improving Business Information, Processes and Systems
Chapter 14 n IQ Applied to Document & Knowledge Management 675
Plan IQ Objectives, Measures, and Tests (TIQM P2.2)
See Chapter 5, “The Step-by-Step Guide to Assessing Information Quality,” for
identifying critical quality characteristics for your Data Capture Form. Major
quality characteristics for assessment of facts in a document include:
Degree of Accuracy of Facts provided
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Degree of Accuracy capability of the
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processes that capture or create facts
Completeness of Facts
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Consistency of Facts in Documents to an authoritative, reliable Source
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Accurate Calculation and Presentation of Quantitative information
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Timeliness of Information
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Ease of Usability of Owner’s Manual and Assembly Instructions
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Ensure measurement of the IQ Characteristics to measure, such as Accuracy,
Validity, Timeliness of Availability, and Presentation Utility, based on impor-
tance to Customers.
Identify the Information Value Circle (TIQM P2.3)
In order to understand process capability, you must understand the processes
that make up the Information Value Circle that creates Documents and other
types of Textual Information. Document this Value Circle using a Value Circle
format, Value/Cost Chain
5
or use data flow or work flow diagrams.
Determine the Information Process to Assess (TIQM P2.4)
The process to assess is that process which captures the data in the Data Capture
Form. All critical Facts captured in ...
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