TAXONOMY CASE STUDY:
SNC-Lavalin Infozone Taxonomy Project
Joseph A. Busch
Project Performance Corporation
November 15, 2010
What We Did
• Defined a metadata and taxonomy framework (Fall 2008Spring 2009)
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Overall fact finding
Community building (IM Interest Group)
Metadata specification and high-level taxonomy
Taxonomy governance documentation
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Why Build the Business Taxonomy?
• Managing knowledge
– Understanding information and knowledge within SNC-Lavalin, and
surface it in user-friendly formats
• Collaboration and communications
– Allow employees and partners to connect with others within the
company (collaboration), as well as deploy features that assist in
creating essential one-way information flows (communication in the
“my SNC-Lavalin” way)
• Task completions
– Instead of using the Business Taxonomy just to find things, people use
the Business Taxonomy to do things (find applicable procedures so as
not to duplicate existing ones)
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Taxonomy Outline
Taxonomy
Content Types
Disciplines
Business Units
Calendars &
Schedules
Change Requests
Checklists
Communications &
Correspondence
Contracts,
Agreements &
Accords
Data
Datasheets
Diagrams
Drawings
Fact Sheets &
Brochures
Forms
Generic Documents
Industry Codes &
Standards
Lessons Learned
Logos
Maps
Memos
Models
Multimedia Resources
News, Newsletters &
Magazines
Org Charts
+Top Management
+ Administration
+ Project
Management &
Control
+ Engineering
+ Procurement
+ Construction
+ Commissioning
+ Operation &
Maintenance
+ Global Information
Technologies
Acetylene Canada
Holdings Inc.
ACG Corrections
Services
Incorporated
Ageau-General
Contractant SARL
Agro-Bio-Sucres
Engineering S.A.S.
Algeria Water
Investment
Company Inc.
Al-Osais-Kilborn Saudi
Arabia Co. Ltd.
Alprom (Proprietary)
Limited
Altalink Investment
Management Ltd.
Altalink Management
Ltd.
Applied Design and
Process Technology
Aqua Terre Solutions
Inc.
B.E.T. Becet S.A.S.
B2000 Ingenierie SAS
BAE-Newplan Group
Limited
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Locations
+ Maghreb
+ Wrestern Africa
+ Central Africa
+ Eastern Africa
+ Southern Africa
+ North America
+ South America
+ Caribbean
+ South-East Asia
+ Indochina
+ South Asia
+ North Asia
+ Eurasia
+ Baltic Countries
+ Central & Eastern
Europe
+ Western Europe
+ Balkins
+ Middle East
+ Oceana
Business
Functions
+ Administration &
Organization
+ Financial Resources
+ Human Resources
+ Movable & Fixed
Assets
Management
+ Legislation and
Legal Affaires
+ Information
Resources
+ Communications,
Public Relations &
Business Relations
+ Business
Development
+ Project
Management &
Control
+ Engineering
+ Procurement
+ Construction
+ Health, Safety &
Environment
+ Commissioning
+ Operation &
Maintenance
Topics
+ Employee Topics
+ Equipment
+ Facility Types
+ IT, Hardware &
Software
+ Organizations
+ Piping Design
+ Project
Management Topics
+ Projects
+ Technical Topics
+ Vendor Topics
Work Groups
+ Expertise Areas
+ Shared Services
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