The IM family
Published March 26th, 2007 in Ramblings
A discussion last week, during Bob Boiko’s Taming the Content Beast workshop, lead me to personify the various information management systems that currently muddy the waters for many an enterprise.
- Records management system—the collector of dead data:
“Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, please use the disposal authority or it’ll rust” - Document management system—the establishment:
“We don’t care what’s in it, we just file it” - Content management system—the cool new kid on the block:
“It’s a wired world, dude” - Digital asset management system—the art student:
“I need a thumbnail of every version. Don’t constrain me with your rules, fascist!” - File system—the ditzy blonde:
“What file?” - Knowledge management system—the voodoo witch doctor:
“Me drain your brain now”
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This is brilliant :-), can I use this in one of my presentations that I am about to do about ECM in a few weeks time? I will definitely credit you for this.
Of course, but you might want to find some better photos! :)
I attempted to draw a cartoon character for each one, so they’d be consistent, but I discovered my drawing skills are not what they used to be.
I’m pleased my idea has enjoyed quite a bit of popularity!
Here’s a slight clarification I made (in the form of a comment on the ECM Industry Watch blog):
The IM family…
Just catching up on my blogging, Patrick Kennedy has written a very amusing post describing the IM family. To quote: A discussion last week, during Bob Boiko’s Taming the Content Beast workshop, lead me to personify the various information management….
[...] Information management systems personified. Gorgeous. [...]