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The information audit: Role and scope

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  • Buchanan, Steven
  • Gibb, Forbes

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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.

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  • Buchanan, Steven & Gibb, Forbes, 2007. "The information audit: Role and scope," International Journal of Information Management, Elsevier, vol. 27(3), pages 159-172.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ininma:v:27:y:2007:i:3:p:159-172
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2007.01.002
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    1. Jallow, Abdou Karim & Demian, Peter & Anumba, Chimay J. & Baldwin, Andrew N., 2017. "An enterprise architecture framework for electronic requirements information management," International Journal of Information Management, Elsevier, vol. 37(5), pages 455-472.
    2. Jones, Alice & Mutch, Alistair & Valero-Silva, Néstor, 2013. "Exploring information flows at Nottingham City Homes," International Journal of Information Management, Elsevier, vol. 33(2), pages 291-299.
    3. Frost, Robert B. & Choo, Chun Wei, 2017. "Revisiting the information audit: A systematic literature review and synthesis," International Journal of Information Management, Elsevier, vol. 37(1), pages 1380-1390.

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