IDMs

An IDM is a document set which describes the information need seen from different domains. For each of these domains the information need is described from a process view in a Process Map (PM). Each og the processes are associated with a stage in a selected Reference Process (RP) allowing the complete information need to be described for all phases in a project.

Each process, sub process or task identified will reference an Exchange Requirement (ER) which describes both the information needed to execute the item as well as the the information expected produced, the result, from the task.

For every information element identified in an Exchange Requirement a further reference is made to either another Exchange Requirement or a Functional Part (FP). A Functional Part is the most technical of the building blocks in the IDM Methodology, its purpose to break down the understood and identified information elements to specific entities and attributes. Although the main target for FPs are people with a technical background or interrest, some of the high level description might be interresting for users with high domain knowledge.

It is worth noticing that the work presented on these pages are based on Norwegian needs, rather than global, but the assumption is still that most of the processes and information described will also be applicable internationally.

• A - Process Maps (PM) — The page Process Maps (PM) does not exist.
• B - Exchange Requirements (ER) — The page Exchange Requirements (ER) does not exist.
• C - Functional Parts (FP) — The page Functional Parts (FP) does not exist.