Information Architecture Analysis
This paper results from research surveying executives with robust analysis and offers insight into their needs. This case study shows that current tools were insufficient. More information architecture using data warehousing, OLAP tools, and data mining was required to equip them for their information needs and better decision-making. Consider when you have not had the tools to perform your best analysis. Were you able to obtain the tools and information you needed, or did you have to be creative or "make do"? How can an analyst influence the decisions on providing tools, appropriate architecture, and data sources within a firm?
Abstract
Devising an information architecture system that enables an organization to centralize information regarding its operational, managerial, and strategic performance is one of the challenges currently facing information technology. The present study aimed
to analyze an information architecture system developed using Business Intelligence (BI) technology. The analysis was performed based on a questionnaire enquiring as to whether the information needs of executives were met during the process. A theoretical
framework was applied consisting of information architecture and BI technology, using a case study methodology. Results indicated that the transaction processing systems studied did not meet the information needs of company executives. Information
architecture using data warehousing, online analytical processing (OLAP) tools, and data mining may provide a more agile means of meeting these needs. However, some items must be included and others modified, in addition to improving the culture of
information use by company executives.
Source: Fabrício Sobrosa Affeldt and Sady Darcy da Silva Junior, https://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-17752013000200251#:~:text=4%20BUSINESS%20INTELLIGENCE%20(BI)%2C,technologies%20(Thomsen%2C%202002).
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