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Archivist and Architect

Archivist and Architect

EA and Archival Description

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Göran Samuelsson

November 08, 2012

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  1. THE NEW INFORMATION LANDSCAPE THE ARCHIVIST AND ARCHITECT - DRAWING

    ON A COMMON MAP? Unesco Conference Vancouver sept 2012
  2. Previously worked 10 years at National Land Survey of Sweden

    as an archive- strategist, archive-coordinator and also as a product manager for historical maps and archives 3 years at the Military Archive of Sweden - Map department Member of Swedish ISO/SIS Member of Euro SDR (Spatial data research – archiving ) Certified business architect Göran Samuelsson, Ph.D History, Assoc Prof. in Archives and Information Science at Mid Sweden University since October 2004
  3. THE ARCHIVIST AND THE ARCHITECT - PRESENTATION/CEDIF - THE ARCHIVIST

    - MISSION TOOLS AND METHODS - THE ARCHITECT - MISSION, TOOLS AND METHODS - DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES IF WE DON’T HAVE GLUE OF WHATS CREATING OUT THERE HOW WOULD WE BE ABLE TO DECIDE WHAT WE SHOULD PRESERVE
  4. CEDIF   DEVELOP AND ESTABLISH A CENTRE FOR ARCHIVES AND

    INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AT THE MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY DEVELOP MODELS FOR ELECTRONIC INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVELOPING A DIGITAL SYSTEMS LABORATORY www.miun.se Centre  for  Digital  Informa0on  Management
  5. PROBLEMS AND DRIVERS Göran Samuelsson STRONG GROWTH IN DIGITAL INFORMATION

    INCREASED AND WIDESPREAD RE-USE OF INFORMATION THROUGH E-GOVERNMENT AND E- SERVICES
  6. THE FUTURE OF EVERYDAY LIFE Göran Samuelsson AN INCREASING AMOUNT

    OF INFORMATION THAT IS USED LONGER BY GROWING NUMBERS OF PEOPLE THEREFORE IT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE GOOD ORDER AT AN EARLY STAGE
  7. WHY ARCHIVE? SWEDEN: THE ARCHIVE ACT (SFS 1990:782) (§3) THE

    PUBLIC RECORDS MUST BE PRESERVED, KEPT AND MANAGED SO THAT THEY MEET THE RIGHTS OF 1. ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS, 2.THE NEED FOR JUSTICE AND ADMINISTRATION 3. RESEARCH Since 1766 Sweden has had a Freedom of the Press Act. It provides each and every one of us free access to all records of central and local government. That is the so- called ”Offentlighetsprincipen” Records managers = Archivist
  8. THE INFORMATION SHOULD BE USEABLE FOR ETERNITY 4 KAP. ÅTGÄRDER

    FÖR BEVARANDE HOS MYNDIGHETEN 1 § THE ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS SHALL CONTINUOUSLY BE PRODUCED, TRANSMITTED, RECORDED, HANDLED, STORED AND MANAGED SO THAT THEY CAN BE PRESENTED REPEATEDLY DURING THE TIME THAT THEY WILL BE PRESERVED…
  9. RAFS 2009:1 (NATIONAL ARCHIVES REGULATIONS) CHAPTER 3. STRATEGY AND PLANNING

    FOR PRESERVATION OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS 1 § THE AGENCY SHALL ESTABLISH A STRATEGY FOR PRESERVATION OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS.. AV STRATEGIN SKA FRAMGÅ VILKA ÅTGÄRDER MYNDIGHETEN AVSER ATT VIDTA FÖR ATT SÄKERSTÄLLA ETT BEVARANDE AV HANDLINGARNA. ÅTGÄRDERNA SKA DOKUMENTERAS I ENLIGHET MED 2 §. STRATEGIN SKA CONTINUOUSLY BE SUPPLEMENTED AND UPDATED.
  10. THE INFORMATION MUST BE POSSIBLE TO FOLLOW DOWN TO THE

    DOCUMENT/ INFORMATION LEVEL (INFO-OBJECT) 5 KAP. DOCUMENTATION 1 § THE AGENCY SHALL DOCUMENT THE ELECTRONIC RECORDS SO THAT THEY CAN BE PRODUCED, TRANSMITTED, HANDLED, STORED AND MANAGED IN A PROPER WAY DURING THE TIME THAT THEY WILL BE PRESERVED. THE DOCUMENTATION MUST BE PRESENTED GATHERED THE DOCUMENTATION SHALL BE LINKED TO OR INTEGRATED WITH THE AGENCY ARCHIVE (ARCHIVAL DESCRIPTION).
  11. RAFS 2008:4 ARCHIVAL DESCRIPTION 1 § THE AGENCY SHALL ESTABLISH

    AN ARCHIVAL DESCRIPTION THAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO: - UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BUSINESS AND ACTIONS, - GIVE A TOTAL OVERVIEW OF THE DOCUMENTATION - MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO SEARCH IN THIS DOCUMENTATION - SUPPORT THE HANDLING AND MANAGEMENT OF THESE DOCUMENTS. § 2 ……MUST COVER ALL THE AGENCY'S DOCUMENTS
  12. § 3 THE ARCHIVAL DESCRIPTION SHOULD CONSIST OF INFORMATION THAT

    CAN BE PRESENTED IN THE FORM OF: – A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE ARCHIVES – A CLASSIFICATION STRUCTURE WITH PROCESS DESCRIPTIONS AND – AN ARCHIVAL INVENTORY ARCHIVE PRESENTATION DATA SHOULD BE RELATED TO EACH OTHER OVER TIME
  13. DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING A RECORDS SYSTEM (DIRKS/DIRS) Step A: Preliminary

    investigation Step B: Analysis of business activity Step C: Identification of recordkeeping requirements
  14. Methodology for business analysis and document classification Preliminary Investigation Functional

    decomposition and description Business process analysis Requirements for records Describe IT-system METHODOLOGY FOR BUSINESS ANALYSIS AND DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION
  15. THE FIRST STEPS… Processen Budget & Bokslut Beskrivning Företaget tillämpar

    rullande budget som revideras kvartalsvis, baserat på orderingång och faktureringsprognos. Prognoser görs kvartalsvis med stöd av månatliga rapporter och utdrag ur ekonomisystemet. Årsbokslut färdigställs under 1:a kv efterföljande år, lämnas till revisor senast april och till PRV:s bolagsbyrå senast 30 juni. Aktiviteter: Direktiv, Underlag, Förslag, Beslut, Prognoser, Delbokslut, Årsbokslut Directive, papers, proposals, decisions, forecasts, quarterly financial statements, Annual reports Informationsbehandling: Ekonomisystemet samt Office används. Handlingar till budget och bokslut bevaras t v endast i pappersformat. 1.  Make a basic description over the business purpose etc 2.  Describes the activities 3.  Make a process map –represented graphically 4.  Document the most important processes
  16. MAKE A OVERALL PROCESS MAP – REPRESENTED GRAPHICALLY Business process

    Management process Culture Museum Library Information Program Media Support process
  17. PROCESSMAPPING IN DETAIL Bˆ rjan Aktivitet 1 Aktivitet 2 Aktivitet

    3 Beslut Slut Dokument Dokument Dokument Processniv Aktivitetsniv Transaktions- niv Dokument PROCESS Dokument Transaktion Transaktion Transaktion Transaktion Transaktion Transaktion Transaktion Transaktion Dokument Dokument Symboler enl SS-ISO 5807 Transaktion H‰ ndelse Transaktion Transaktion Mapping of records in functions, processes, activities, transactions Building the structure of a classification scheme
  18. Mapping of records in functions, processes and activities Decision about

    format, storage, media Rentention and disposal plan appraisal Plan for storage and handling Plan for transfer long- term preservation Mapping records metadata The next step…Requirements for records Determine the archive format and storage medium for digital documents Describe the storage conditions Decide on the appraisal/disposal Select archive format (for long- term preservation) Is the documentation sufficient - metadata
  19. Nämnd Verksamhet Processområden Processer/Aktiviteter: IT-stöd Senast ändrad Format Förvar Format

    Förvar Inköp av media Sambindningslistor S P Avd 1 år - Inköpsförslag och gallringsförslag S P Avd (Word) (N) Vid inakt - Minnesanteckningar, tidskrifts- inköpsmöten S P Avd Word N 10 år - o s v Kultur- och fritidsnämnden Kultur - Museum - Bibliotek Information - Program - Mediaförsörjning Inköp av media - Katalogisering - Libra-registrering - Cirkulation - Fjärrlån - Mediagallring Officepaketet, Libra Dokumentombud Process (rubrik) -Handlingsslag -Handlingsslag - Registrering D/P/V/S Analoga dokument Digitala dokument Bevaras eller Gallr- frist Leverans- frist till Kommun- arkivet Format vid arkivering I Bengtsson Business Process Activity purchase of media The documents SUMMING-UP IN FORM OF A DOCUMENTPLAN
  20. HISTORICAL  BACKGROUND     APP  1987  A  NEW  FIELD  WAS

     BORN  THAT  SOON  CAME  TO  BE  KNOWN   AS  ENTERPRISE  ARCHITECTURE.  THE  FIELD  INITIALLY  BEGAN  TO  ADDRESS  TWO   PROBLEMS:     – System  complexity—Organisa0ons  were  spending  more  and  more  money   building  IT  systems;  and   – Poor  business  alignment—Organisa0ons  were  finding  it  more  and  more   difficult  to  keep  those  increasingly  expensive  IT  systems  aligned  with  business   need  
  21. ”Development projects always exceed their budgets, take longer time than

    planned and never deliver the promised quality and information.” ”They have no competence as purchasers, they can’t identify their requirements and they can’t communicate them to us.” Mr. Business Mr. IT
  22. SOME  DEFINITIONS     …  DEFINES  THE  MISSION  OF  AN

     AGENCY  AND  DESCRIBES  THE  TECHNOLOGY  AND   INFORMATION  NEEDED  TO  PERFORM  THAT  MISSION,  ALONG  WITH  DESCRIPTIONS   OF  HOW  THE  ARCHITECTURE  OF  THE  ORGANISATION  SHOULD  BE  CHANGED  IN   ORDER  TO  RESPOND  TO  CHANGES  IN  THE  MISSION  (UNITED  STATES  GOVERNMENT)     …    THE  PROCESS  OF  TRANSLATING  BUSINESS  VISION  AND  STRATEGY  INTO  EFFECTIVE   ENTERPRISE  CHANGE  BY  CREATING,  COMMUNICATING  AND  IMPROVING  THE  KEY   REQUIREMENTS,  PRINCIPLES  AND  MODELS  THAT  DESCRIBE  THE  ENTERPRISE'S  FUTURE   STATE  AND  ENABLE  ITS  EVOLUTION  (GARTNER)       …  THE  ORGANISING  LOGIC  FOR  BUSINESS  PROCESSES  AND  IT  INFRASTRUCTURE  REFLECTING   THE  INTEGRATION  AND  STANDARDIZATION  REQUIREMENTS  OF  THE  COMPANY'S   OPERATING  MODEL  …  THE  DESIRED  STATE  OF  BUSINESS  PROCESS  INTEGRATION  AND   BUSINESS  PROCESS  STANDARDISATION  FOR  DELIVERING  GOODS  AND  SERVICES  TO   CUSTOMERS  (PETER  WEILL,  MIT  CENTER  FOR  IS  RESEARCH)    
  23. SCOPE   THE  TERM  ENTERPRISE  IS  GENERALLY  APPLICABLE  IN  MANY

     CIRCUMSTANCES,  INCLUDING   –  Public  or  private  sector  organiza0ons   –  An  en0re  business  or  corpora0on   –  A  part  of  a  larger  enterprise  (such  as  a  business  unit)   –  A  conglomerate  of  several  organisa0ons,  such  as  a  joint  venture  or  partnership   –  A  mul0ply  outsourced  business  opera0on   THE  TERM  ENTERPRISE  INCLUDES  THE  WHOLE  COMPLEX,  SOCIO-­‐TECHNICAL  SYSTEM,   INCLUDING:   –  people   –  informa0on   –  technology   –  business  (e.g.  opera0ons)   DEFINING  THE  BOUNDARY  OR  SCOPE  OF  THE  ENTERPRISE  TO  BE  DESCRIBED  IS  AN   IMPORTANT  FIRST  STEP  IN  CREATING  THE  ENTERPRISE  ARCHITECTURE.  “ENTERPRISE”  MEANS   MORE  THAN  THE  INFORMATION  SYSTEMS  EMPLOYED  BY  AN  ORGANISATION.     COMPOSING  HOLISTIC  SOLUTIONS  THAT  ADDRESS  THE  BUSINESS  CHALLENGES  OF  THE   ENTERPRISE  AND  SUPPORT  THE  GOVERNANCE  NEEDED  TO  IMPLEMENT  THEM  (GARTNER).    
  24. METHODS  AND  TOOLS       ENTERPRISE  ARCHITECTS  USE  VARIOUS

     METHODS  AND  TOOLS  TO  CAPTURE   THE  STRUCTURE  AND  DYNAMICS  OF  AN  ENTERPRISE.  IN  DOING  SO,  THEY   PRODUCE  TAXONOMIES,  DIAGRAMS,  DOCUMENTS  AND  MODELS.       1.  The  Zachman  Framework  for  Enterprise  Architectures—Although  self-­‐ described  as  a  framework,  is  actually  more  accurately  defined  as  a  taxonomy   2.  The  Open  Group  Architectural  Framework  (TOGAF)—Although  called   a  framework,  is  actually  more  accurately  defined  as  a  process     3.  The  Gartner  Methodology—Can  be  best  described  as  an  enterprise   architectural  prac0ce    Blended  methodology.  Choose  bits  and  pieces  from  each  of  these   methodologies,  and  modify  and  merge  them  according  to  the  specific  needs  of   your  organisa0on.      
  25. MODELING THE BUSINESS 1.  Create a process map 2. Create

    a comprehensive information model Modeling the business Analyze the implications and Opportunities
  26. Person Infrastructure Product Business activities Master data, that is more

    stable data, oriented towards the person, infrastructure or product. Business activities are less stable and have a high modification rate with additional data.
  27. INFORMATION OBJECTS •  HAVE OCCURRENCES / EXIST •  IS ESSENTIAL

    AND INTERESTING TO BUSINESS •  HAVE ONE OR MORE CHARACTERISTICS •  MAY EXIST AS A SEPARATE ITEM Metadata Object EMPLOYEE EMPLNO NAME ADDRESS PHONE NO Attribute Key EMPLOYEE STAFF No NAME ADDRESS PHONE NO 1234 Malmgren Birgit Lövstigen 23 08-252610 3418 Månsson Bertil Storgatan 16A 0431-16105 4567 Malmgren Birgit Riddarvägen 32 0523-61200 9291 Malmqvist Owe Lövstigen 23 021-147031
  28. ANALYSIS To get an overview of how information is handled

    in the current system we develop a matrix where we have the most important systems and indicate which information objects is supported by which system Modeling the business Analyze the implications and Opportunities
  29. ANALYSIS Several black dots in the same column means that

    the same data is created in multiple processes. It's not good to have different systems that create the same data. Second, it shows that a particular process is dependent on the data produced in another process. This shows the necessity of making data available in the entire operation to duplication. Here is a great potential for improvement. What information objects is stored in the different data systems
  30. THE ARCHITECTURE VISION 1. OBTAINING DATA ONCE AT THE SOURCE

    AND MAKES IT AVAILABLE 2. MAKE DATA/INFORMATION SYSTEM STRUCTURE INDEPENDENT OF THE ORGANIZATION 3. ENSURE THAT INFORMATION RESOURCE SUPPORTING THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
  31. ARCHITECT AND ARCHIVIST DIFFER .... PURPOSE / MISSION THE ARCHITECT

    FOCUS HERE AND NOW - THEN = IMPROVEMENT ARCHIVIST HERE AND IN ETERNITY - TO DOCUMENT IT AS IT IS
  32. ARCHITECT - ARCHIVIST PROCESS MAPPING NOW AND FUTURE - SYNCHRONIZED

    WITH ARCHIVIST INFORMATION MODELING IS SUPPLEMENTED AND HARMONIZED WITH THE ARCHIVIST DOCUMENT PLAN NEED FOR COLLABORATION - OTHERWISE IMPOSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE THE AMBITION OF RA-FS 2009:1 PROPOSAL FOR THE DIVISION OF LABOR
  33. THE DIRKS METHODOLOGY HAVING SIMILARITIES TO DEVELOPING AN ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE

    ESPECIALLY IN THE ANALYSIS OF AN ORGANISATION’S BUSINESS ACTIVITIES. A FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS CLOSELY MATCH THE BUSINESS LAYER OF AN ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE. BUSINESS CLASSIFICATION SCHEMES CAN THEREFORE BE VERY USEFUL RESOURCES TO SHARE.
  34. HAVE OFTEN KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR ORGANISATION’S INFORMATION ASSETS. (TAXONOMIES, RETENTION

    AND DISPOSAL AUTHORITIES, RECORDS CONTROL SYSTEMS, PRESERVATION REGULATIONS) UNDERSTANDING OF BUSINESS AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO ARCHIVE/RECORD WILL HAVE VALUE FOR ARCHITECTS RECORDS AND ARCHIVE MANAGERS
  35. REQUIREMENTS IN ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURES WILL RESULT IN IMPROVED BUSINESS SYSTEMS.

    BUT ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE I ALSO USED AS A STRATEGIC TOOL TO DIRECT THE COURSE OF ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE. START WITH A “TODAY” AND ENDS UP WITH HOW IT COULD LOOK IN THE FUTURE. LINKING ARCHIVE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT GOALS TO THAT VISION OF AN ORGANISATION’S FUTURE A COLLABORATION WILL IMPROVE AND PROMOTE THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE ORGANISATION’S ARCHIVE/ RECORDS MANAGEMENT CAPACITY. ARCHIVE AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT
  36. THANKS IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THE PAST, YOU WILL

    NOT UNDERSTAND THE PRESENT, AND THEN NOT BE ABLE TO SHAPE THE FUTURE