imt 500: the information management framework

IMT 500: The Information Management Framework

Autumn Quarter, 2008

Autumn 2008 IMT500: The Information Management Framework 2

Class Structure

• Three objectives– Introduce you to the subject matter of the

MSIM curriculum– Introduce you to graduate school

expectations and standards– Introduce you to each other through class

interaction and group project work

• We’ll move fast, and you’ll have a lot to digest, but be sure to ask questions


Class Schedule- Today

• Day 1: Wednesday, 9/24, 1:30-3:50 in MGH 254– 1:30-2:30—Topic 1: Course Overview (Mike

Crandall)• Introductions and agenda • Expectations and resources • Assignments

– 2:30-2:50 <Break>– 2:50-3:50—Topic 2: What is information

management? (Mike Crandall)


Class Schedule—The Rest• Day 2: Thursday, 9/25, 1:30-

3:50 in JHN 111– 1:30-2:30—Topic 3: The

information management lifecycle (Mike Crandall)

– 2:30-2:50 Break– 2:50-3:50—Topic 4: Information

Management as a Profession (alumni panel)

• Day 3: Monday, 9/29, 1:30-3:50 in MGH 254

– 1:30-2:30—Topic 5: Information policy, ethics and law (Adam Moore)

– 2:30-2:50 Break– 2:50-3:50—Topic 6: UW

Information services and resources (Nancy Huling)

• Day 4: Tuesday, 9/30, 1:30-3:50 in JHN 111

– 1:30-2:30—Topic 7: Sharepoint as an Information Management Tool

– 2:30-2:50 Break– 2:50-3:50—Topic 8: Wrapup

and closure (Mike Crandall)

• D-Day: Sunday, 10/19 midnight

– Final assignment due!!


And More

• Day 5: Tuesday, 10/14, 12:30-1:30 in Suzzallo 102A– Topic: Information Assurance (Barbara Endicott-Popovsky)

• Day 6: Tuesday, 10/28, 12:30-1:30 in Allen Auditorium– Topic: Information Architecture (James Cooper)

• Day 7: Tuesday, 11/4, 12:30-1:30 in Allen Auditorium– Topic: Enterprise Information Management (Agueda Sanchez)

• Day 8: Tuesday, 11/25, 12:30-1:30 in Allen Auditorium– Topic: Business Analysis (Jason Parker)


Expectations• Be Professional

– Be on time for class and meet assignment deadlines– Treat your classmates and instructors with courtesy and respect– Respect your limits but challenge yourself– Make sure your written assignments are clear and clean

• Communicate– Provide constructive feedback– Clarify expectations– Be proactive in asking questions

• Be involved in the learning process– Read papers before class and be prepared to discuss – Share your ideas– Challenge others– Assist others– Ask others for help


Resources

• Course website: http://courses.washington.edu/imt500a

• UW Libraries: Nancy Huling http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/librarians/hulingn.html

• Writing Center: http://depts.washington.edu/owrc/

• Speaking Center: http://faculty.washington.edu/mcgarrit/SPCHCNTR/index.htm

• Your Academic Advisor (Kathy Wong)• Your classmates and alumni• Me

Assignments


Assignments

• Details on the course website: http://courses.washington.edu/imt500a/assignments.shtml

• Two assignments:– Group SharePoint site– Individual reflection paper

• Both are designed to familiarize you with important resources and tools you’ll be using over the next two years

• Pay attention to details, but don’t forget to think about the big ideas


Stages of Team Development

Prentice Hall, 2002


Team Member Roles

Prentice Hall, 2002


The Interpersonal Gap Model*

A’s private intentions

A’s observable actions

B’s private interpretations

*Based on the work of John Wallen, PhD.

Pass through filters and are transformed

Into…

Pass through filters and are transformed

Into…

Break!!

What is Information?


A Brief Exercise

• We’re new in this classroom and the program, and don’t know much about each other

• What better way to find out than by describing some unique characteristics that would help you remember each other?

• But there are some questions to answer if we’re going to do this systematically– What are those characteristics? – How would we express them? – What would we use them for if we had them? – How would we make them available to each other?– And many others you’ll explore for the next two years


Instructions

• You’ve got an index card in front of you– Write down the name of one category of

information that would be something you’d like to know about your classmates

• Now, for each category we have on the whiteboard, tell me what words you would enter about yourself


What is Information?

• Michael Buckland says – “Being “informative” is situational and it

would be rash to state of any thing that it might not be informative, hence information, in some conceivable situation.”

• What is the information “thing” in our system?

• Is our information a representation or a thing in itself?


Aspects of Information


How Do We Manage Information?

• How does this information set we’ve created map to Vannevar Bush’s vision?

• What systems might we have to build to make this accessible for everyone?

• How would you go about personalizing the information for your needs?

• How would you build a query mechanism to answer questions?

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