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IDQ Webinars: The British Isles Community of Practice: The Story so Far
Recorded 2010-04-14


Topic:

The British Isles Community of Practice: The Story so Far

Abstract:

Keith will use the example of his experience forming the British Isles Community of Practice (BICoP) and his first few years of managing it; he will discuss his successes, his challenges, and his recommendations for future Communities of Practice.

  • The challenges of a community of practice that works in a virtual environment.
  • The technological advances that minimize these difficulties.
  • The future plans for the BICoP.

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Speaker:

About the Author

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Keith Underdown is one of the UK's most experienced Information Architects.

In a 40 year career in IT his experience ranges from programming real time psychology experiments, VME operating system design at ICL, leading the operational design of a major new banking suite and developing corporate, group-wide information architectures. He has worked in Europe, United States, Middle East and South Korea.

He has worked on several customer data cleansing projects, which has given him a good insight into the vagaries of naming conventions and the structure of postal addresses, perhaps more complex in the UK than anywhere else. He has spoken at or chaired many events and seminars: most recently the IAIDQ Seminar in Cardiff, his home city. Keith is presently the Convenor of the IAIDQ’s British Isles Community of Practice (CoP).

Keith has now retired from regular practice but remains a keen supporter of the IAIDQ and intends to contribute many more newsletter articles, and perhaps even a book.

Contact Keith via email at keith [dot] underdown [AT] iaidq [dot] org

Moderator:

About the Author

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Tony O'Brien, until his recent retirement, a Finance Manager within Remploy, the largest provider of employment opportunities for disabled persons within the UK and is also the Moderator of the Association's IDQ Webinar Forum. He has over forty years experience within the fields of Finance and IS and has been involved in the implementation and development of a number of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. He has recently completed a doctoral programme focussing on sustaining data quality within planning and information systems.

Contact Tony by email at tony [dot] obrien [AT] iaidq [dot] org