TAXONOMY CASE STUDY:SNC-Lavalin Infozone Taxonomy ProjectJoseph A. BuschProject Performance CorporationNovember 15, 2010

What We Did

• Defined a metadata and taxonomy framework (Fall 2008- Spring 2009)– Overall fact finding– Community building (IM Interest Group)– Metadata specification and high-level taxonomy– Taxonomy governance documentation

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Why Build the Business Taxonomy?

• Managing knowledge– Understanding information and knowledge within SNC-Lavalin, and

surface it in user-friendly formats

• Collaboration and communications– Allow employees and partners to connect with others within the

company (collaboration), as well as deploy features that assist in creating essential one-way information flows (communication in the “my SNC-Lavalin” way)

• Task completions– Instead of using the Business Taxonomy just to find things, people use

the Business Taxonomy to do things (find applicable procedures so as not to duplicate existing ones)

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Taxonomy Outline

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Business FunctionsDisciplines Locations

+ Maghreb+ Wrestern Africa+ Central Africa+ Eastern Africa+ Southern Africa+ North America+ South America+ Caribbean+ South-East Asia+ Indochina+ South Asia+ North Asia+ Eurasia+ Baltic Countries+ Central & Eastern

Europe+ Western Europe + Balkins+ Middle East+ Oceana

Topics

+Top Management + Administration + Project

Management & Control

+ Engineering + Procurement + Construction + Commissioning+ Operation &

Maintenance + Global Information

Technologies

Calendars & SchedulesChange RequestsChecklistsCommunications &

CorrespondenceContracts,

Agreements & Accords

DataDatasheetsDiagramsDrawingsFact Sheets &

BrochuresFormsGeneric DocumentsIndustry Codes &

StandardsLessons LearnedLogosMapsMemosModelsMultimedia ResourcesNews, Newsletters &

MagazinesOrg Charts

…

+ Employee Topics+ Equipment+ Facility Types+ IT, Hardware & Software+ Organizations+ Piping Design+ Project Management Topics+ Projects+ Technical Topics+ Vendor Topics

+ Administration & Organization

+ Financial Resources+ Human Resources+ Movable & Fixed

Assets Management

+ Legislation and Legal Affaires

+ Information Resources

+ Communications, Public Relations & Business Relations

+ Business Development

+ Project Management & Control

+ Engineering+ Procurement+ Construction+ Health, Safety &

Environment+ Commissioning+ Operation &

Maintenance

Business Units

Acetylene Canada Holdings Inc.

ACG Corrections Services Incorporated

Ageau-General Contractant SARL

Agro-Bio-Sucres Engineering S.A.S.

Algeria Water Investment Company Inc.

Al-Osais-Kilborn Saudi Arabia Co. Ltd.

Alprom (Proprietary) Limited

Altalink Investment Management Ltd.

Altalink Management Ltd.

Applied Design and Process Technology

Aqua Terre Solutions Inc.

B.E.T. Becet S.A.S.B2000 Ingenierie SASBAE-Newplan Group

Limited

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Content Types

Taxonomy

Work Groups

+ Expertise Areas+ Shared Services