Scope and Purpose of Data Management

As an integral part of the evolution to ANSI/GEIA-859 and the new environment, data management ensures that appropriate information support is available. Data requirements are established that ensure that data are properly timed and accessible, and provide the necessary visibility. The integrity of the data must be ensured regardless of their physical location. The DM process, implemented with rapidly maturing technologies, makes information available sooner and facilitates information sharing. It controls the digital format and the procedures necessary to exchange, index, store, and distribute or provide access to data.

The DM process offers a wide range of benefits that contribute to improvements in the cost, schedule, performance, and support of products and services by enabling acquisition managers to do the following:

• Make better tradeoff decisions

• Identify problem areas earlier

• Decrease cycle times for decisions and information processing

• Eliminate overhead costs of receiving, storing, and processing hard-copy documents.

Data management, originally instituted to address the information needs for the Department of Defense (DoD), has been adopted widely, not only in the defense industrial base, but in insurance, medicine, and other businesses with complex data environments. DM' s purpose has always been to ensure that data are available for any legitimate use whenever needed, for the least cost.

Scope and Purpose of Handbook

ANSI/GEIA-859 presents core DM principles, with emphasis on managing data in a digital environment over the life cycle of the data. Handbook 859 contains detailed advice on applying the standard. Like the standard, the handbook addresses each phase of the data life cycle. The essential core DM principles presented in ANSI/GEIA-859 are applied through decision criteria, recommended inputs and outputs, and defined recommended outcomes. Case studies illustrate the application of the principles in different phases.

This handbook is organized according to the activities in the traditional data management life cycle. This life cycle should be familiar to data managers and should provide a context for applying the principles articulated in the standard. Annexes provide specific areas of guidance and education for the practitioner, which apply throughout the life cycle. Annex B addresses intellectual property (IP), Annex C discusses continuous improvement of the DM process, and Annex D presents two perspectives on the integration of data management and knowledge management (KM). Cross-references have been inserted into the handbook to direct the reader to additional information contained in the annexes.

The purpose of this handbook is to provide implementation guidance to data managers who are applying ANSI/GEIA-859, either to new projects or to improve existing data management environments. The guidance in this handbook will help data managers define suitable approaches, methods, processes, and techniques for applying the principles presented in ANSI/GEIA-859. Several areas in ANSI/GEIA-859 (enterprise planning, continuous improvement, and the like) are new areas of emphasis for data managers. The new areas are emphasized in this handbook, but the handbook covers all data management activities

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