Mike2.0

[Steve Bennett]

An email from the MIKE2.0 community hit my desk the other day with news that progress had been made on delivering business solutions for common problems in Information Management.

Don't know about MIKE2.0 yet?

MIKE2.0 (Method for an Integrated Knowledge Environment) is an Open Source methodology for Enterprise Information Management that provides a framework for Information Development. The MIKE2.0 Methodology is part of the overall Open Methodology Framework.

MIKE2.0 is an online community and the MIKE2.0 Methodology was initially created by a team from BearingPoint back in 2005 and released to the open source community in late 2006. I'm a member of the community because MIKE2.0 is a practical framework that I can apply in my work and there are a number of very smart people involved. It has saved me from reinventing the wheel a couple of times over the last year or so. I'm grateful to Rob Hillard of Deloitte for getting me interested in MIKE2.0.

I recommend joining if you are interested in IM.

The business solutions now include:

• Data Investigation and Re-Engineering


• Data Integration


• Data Modelling


• Metadata Management


• SAFE (Strategic Architecture for the Federated Enterprise) Architecture


• Information Governance

It was the last one that caught my eye as I am about to take on a role where governance is again vital to a successful outcome. I look forward to applying MIKE2.0 in the coming months.

A couple of years ago Sean McClowry (at the time an IM Solution Suite Architecture and Delivery Lead) at BearingPoint created a great presentation on the Information Governance Solution Offering and it is still an excellent overview. Sean is now a Senior Manager at BearingPoint and leader of the firm’s United Kingdom Information Management practice. Here is that presentation:

Download Sean's Mike20 Information Governance Overview Presentation

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