The Architecture Facet of Information Governance: The Case of Urbanized Information Systems

Abstract

Nowadays, information is considered as one of the main intangible assets of modern organizations since it plays a critical role in their competitive advantage and survival. In particular, information underpins any decision within organizations at both the daily operational and the tactical and strategic decision levels. As a result, information quality, and security requirements are exacerbated, in order to maximize operational efficiency, and respect the constraints imposed by the ever-changing legal and regulatory environment. However, information is not yet managed with the same rigor or the same means as other organizations resources, including capital and human resources. Information governance has been proposed by many authors as a necessary prerequisite for the establishment of an information valorization process. Many information governance approaches and frameworks have been proposed by academics and practitioners. Nevertheless, outcomes of these solutions are below expectations. This paper has three objectives. First, it proposes a framework which considers information architecture as a driver of information governance. Second, it describes the architecture facet of information governance by presenting an information architecture model. Third, it demonstrates how urbanized information systems take into account the architecture facet of information governance.