Launching a new taxonomy is a large undertaking that requires cross-organizational coordination and communication. Fast-moving efforts of this complexity inevitably have peaks and valleys of optimism and frustration along the way. Services firms often get to have a double-dip of change and communication efforts, given that their taxonomies reflect frequently-changing external language that defines services offerings for clients as well as internal language that covers enterprise data reporting and tracking.
In this presentation, Kate Vilches of Ulteig, an infrastructure design and sustainable engineering firm, and Laurie Gray, formerly of RGP, a business consulting and professional services firm, will share their experiences in riding the ups and downs of designing and implementing enterprise taxonomies at their respective services organizations.
Their presentation will provide particular detail around:
1) the importance of change management to transcend corporate gravity and maximize adoption
2) how to perform cross-functional planning in a way that provides your stakeholders with an exhilarating experience
3) tell the story of taxonomy across the organization and throughout the taxonomy lifecycle in a way that truly gets people on board.
At the end of their presentation, Kate and Laurie will provide presentation attendees with the blueprints that they found most useful as they built their own taxonomy tracks within their organizations.