An outline of what you need to know and the skills you need to learn to become a NextGen InfoPro and remain relevant in Information Management.
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5. 5
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Expected proficiencies over the next 3-5 years
Risk management, security, and data privacy
Content/records management
Analytics (data, content, metadata, etc.)
Taxonomy and metadata management
Social and mobile integration
Workplace automation
Email management
Digital preservation
Repository management
Predictive analytics
Aggregating/curating content
Communications infrastructure
Other(N=246)
50%
Risk management,
security, and data
privacy
47%
Content/records
management
44%
Analytics
35%
Taxonomy and
metadata
management
6. 6
0% 20% 40% 60%
Information accessibility
across all platforms
Data quality management,
data cleansing and migration
Information security and access control
Analytics, data sourcing and integration
Change management
Oversight / continuous info
ecosystem improvement
Process analysis and reengineering
KPI / KRI development/monitoring
Aggregation and curation
Other
Capabilities in greatest demand
(N=262)
52%
Information
accessibility
49%
Data quality management,
data cleansing and
migration
42%
Information security
and access control
33%
Analytics, data sourcing
and integration
7. 7
Technical skills in greatest demand
0% 10% 20% 30%
(N=244)
Taxonomy/metadata design
Information security
Process analysis and modeling
Application and process integration
Requirements analysis
Continuous improvement
(Lean, Six Sigma, Agile)
SharePoint implementation
Standards/quality/audit
Cloud application management
Information capture
32%
Taxonomy/
metadata design
30%
Information
security
30%
Process analysis
and modeling
29%
Application and
process integration
8. 8
Primary expectations of you
CONTENT &
RECORDS
MANAGEMENT
Mobile,
taxonomies
& metadata,
access & delivery
ANALYTICS
Data sourcing
& quality, analysis,
modeling,
cleansing,
migration
RISK
MANAGEMENT
Compliance,
security
& privacy
STRATEGY
Process
& technical
10. 10
The principal role over the next 3-5 years will evolve
47% expect to be Information Management Professionals
Records
Information
Management
Information
Management
Professional
RIM IMP
Content/Records
Management Professional
Analytics Specialist
Risk/Security/Privacy
Management Professional
11. 11
Your technical skills
0% 10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
Content and records management
Business Process Management
Taxonomy and Metadata
Capture
Repository management
Workplace automation
Digital preservation
Risk management, Security, and Data Privacy
Communications infrastructure
Aggregation and curation
Analytics (data, content, metadata, etc.)
Social and mobile integration
Predictive analytics
Strong Adequate Weak(N=235)
RISK
MANAGEMENT,
security, and
data privacy
ANALYTICS
(data, content,
metadata, etc.)
Skills where employers
expect you to be more
knowledgeable:
15. 15
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
79%
Learning and
experience on the job
68%
Professional training
from independent
sources (association,
training centers)
39%
College degree -
postgraduate
How do you acquire your expertise?
Learning and experience on the job
Professional training from independent sources
(association, training centers)
College degree – postgraduate
College degree – undergraduate
Internal training – informal
Product training from suppliers
Internal training – formal
Other college courses
Other(N=232)
16. 16
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Preferred 3 methods of professional development
(N=234)
Online courses
Professional conferences
Articles and books
Webinars
Professional bodies
and associations
52%
Online learning
courses
45%
Professional
conferences
44%
Learn from articles
and books indicated
a focused need
17. 17
Does your organization support professional growth?
Only 25%
of organizations are
actively involved
in your development.
75% of organizations are NOT actively involved.
You must be your own advocate for
professional development.
18. 18
What you can do
DON’T GET LEFT BEHIND!
Assess
your expertise:
identify and fill
gaps
Create
and propose a
development
plan for you and
your staff
Engage
with Data Officer/
Analysts and IT
Engage
with your CPO
and CSO
19. 19
What you can do
DON’T GET LEFT BEHIND!
Seek out
SMEs
as resources:
industry,
association,
vendor
Stay up to
speed
on new and
emerging
technology
Take a
primary role
in forming
your info
strategy
Be the
broker
between business
units and analysis
teams
20. 20
THRIVE IN IT.
Information Management:
Don’t just survive in it.
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21. 21
Records Management
Global Retention Schedules
IG Consulting
E-Records Consulting
On-Site Staffing
Records and
Information
Management
Document
Management
Data
Management
Secure
Destruction
Server & App Data Protection
Technology Escrow
Disaster Recovery
Offsite Tape Vaulting
Data Centers
Onsite and Offsite
Secure Shredding
eWaste
Secure Media
Destruction
Document Imaging
Hosted Imaging
Archive
Discovery Services
Global Information Management for all Verticals
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