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Information Management

Good information management is essential to the success of all modern organisations, in both the public and private sectors. An effective information management system will provide decision makers at all levels with the information they need to do their jobs, when they need it and at a level of quality which they can rely on.

Getting this right can make an organisation:

  • work more efficiently
  • monitor its performance more effectively
  • make better informed decisions
  • align itself better to its strategic aims 

But achieving it relies on a combination of management systems, cultural practices and technology. It also means coping with:

  • diversity of information users and providers
  • multiple, and sometimes conflicting, drivers and constraints
  • the danger of imposing burdensome data collection overheads
  • the need to interface with processes and working practices which are not always formally documented
  • a rapidly changing business environment

Information management therefore involves tackling many different kinds of issues. Polaris has the versatility to assist in many different ways, from strategic advice to bespoke performance measurement studies.

Polaris delivers these services using:

  • a systems-oriented approach
  • professional skills to handle the capture and management of user requirements
  • a proven ability to identify organisation-specific workflow and system integration issues
  • incorporation of best practice into high level concept development
  • independent analysis of risks and organisational benefits of COTS/bespoke solutions
  • the ability to deploy appropriate tools and methodologies, including Telelogic DOORS™ and bespoke databases for requirements management, Arena™, System Dynamics and UML for modelling and PRINCE2™ for project management

Prince2 is a trademark of the Office of Government Commerce

DOORS is a trademark of Telelogic AB