Total Upstream Information Management Bechmark
Table of Contents
1 Project background and methods 5
2 Abstract 6
2.1 Management and organisation 6
2.2 The application is king 6
2.3 Bespoke development is widespread 6
2.4 Standard data models have had limited impact 6
2.5 Commercial data management products - early days 6
2.6 Unstructured data management - the digital "trap" 7
2.7 Office Automation - inadequate tools? 7
3 Main Data Storage and Access Technologies Used 8
4 Analysis 10
4.1 Organisation and sourcing of data management 10
4.2 Master Repositories 10
4.3 Finder 10
4.4 Other Repositories 11
4.5 Project Database(s) 12
4.6 Data Models 12
4.7 Data Access technology 13
4.8 IRIS21 visibility from master data browser. 13
4.9 ArcInfo 14
4.10 Data management by data type 14
4.11 Derived and Interpreted data types 14
4.12 Standards and Formats 14
4.13 Media 14
4.14 Rode Encapsulation 15
4.15 Information/knowledge management technologies 15
4.16 Best Practices 15
4.17 Office Automation 16
4.18 Links to Finance and Administration 16
5 Company A Interview 17
6 Company A Questionnaire 21
7 Company B Interview 27
8 Company B Questionnaire 30
9 Company C Interview 36
10 Company C Questionnaire 38
11 Company D Interview 40
11 Company D Questionnaire 44
12 Company E Interview 50
13 Company E Questionnaire 53
14 Company F Interview 59
15 Company F Questionnaire 63
16 Company G Interview 69
17 Company G Questionnaire 72
18 Company H Interview 78
19 Company H Questionnaire 81
20 Company I Interview 87
21 Company I Questionnaire 91
22 Company J Interview 98
23 Company J Questionnaire 100
25 Company K Questionnaire 112