The information audit: role and scope

S. Buchanan; F. Gibb

doi:10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2007.01.002

The information audit: role and scope

S. Buchanan, F. Gibb

Computer And Information Sciences

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Abstract

The information audit (IA) is central to the effective organisational management of information, however, there is evidence from the field that the IA is neither fully accepted nor commonly practiced. This paper highlights and discusses three challenges to current practice: limited guidance on management of scope; ambiguous linkage to related ICT development processes; and the lack of a standard methodological approach. In response to these challenges, the role and scope of the IA is re-examined, key relationships to information strategy and information system architecture (ISA) are defined and mapped, and a two-dimensional matrix is proposed to manage scope.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	159-172
Number of pages	14
Journal	International Journal of Information Management
Volume	27
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2007.01.002
Publication status	Published - Jun 2007

Keywords

information audit
information resource management
information strategy
information systems

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A framework for the holistic analysis of organisational information systems
Buchanan, S. (Participant)
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