InfoTown™
World Map

How does information work here?

Every organisation is a town, and information travels between them. Follow one job, or find your own town on the map.

Follow a project

One job, start to finish. Watch the information grow and change.

Start the journey

Who do you work for?

Meet Emilia

The client's new information manager, with a 200-page template she didn't write.

Emilia's journey is coming soon. Until then, meet her in the Visitor Centre.

Meet Alex

Draws the centre in Designer Town. Good at drawing, less good at sending.

Alex's journey is coming soon. Until then, meet them in the Visitor Centre.

Meet Rex

His first week at the big contractor in the middle of the map, and nobody's shown him where anything lives.

Meet Nicole

Runs groundworks jobs. Brilliant on site, and once in a while digs from yesterday's drawing.

Nicole's journey is coming soon. Until then, meet her in the Visitor Centre.

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The Information World A landscape of nine towns, each an organisation: your client, a designer, a supplier, a regulator, a subcontractor, a partner, another client, a consultant and, in the middle, Rex's new organisation, with Rex standing at its edge. Coloured dashed routes connect them: buying and selling, sharing and collaborating, regulating and complying, and communicating. Parcels travel along the routes. The client A designer A supplier A regulator REX'S NEW ORGANISATION A subcontractor A partner Another client A consultant ALEX EMILIA NICOLE
Buy and sell
Share and work together
Regulate and comply
Talk and keep in touch
What you'll learn

From the town you can see to the terms the experts use

You don't need to know anything about information management to start. By the end, you'll be able to spot the hidden town in your own organisation, and name every part of it the way ISO 19650 and information managers do.

See all 12 stories and lessons
  1. 1Rex's first weekthen Lesson 1 · The Town
  2. 2Rex's first calculationthen Lesson 2 · The Buildings
  3. 3Who's checking this?then Lesson 3 · The People
  4. 4The drawing nobody asked forthen Lesson 4 · What Have They Asked For?
  5. 5Where do I put this?then Lesson 5 · The Project Site
  6. 6Everything for Area 2.pdfthen Lesson 6 · Making It Together
  7. 7Four files called FINALthen Lesson 7 · The Labels
  8. 8Drawing 042 takes a shortcutthen Lesson 8 · Sharing Your Work
  9. 9The rubber stampthen Lesson 9 · The Checkpoints
  10. 10Just send them everythingthen Lesson 10 · Handing Over
  11. 11The drawing in the vanthen Lesson 11 · Using Information
  12. 12Drawing 042, the whole journeythen Lesson 12 · Putting It All Together

Already know the basics? Follow the Process: from the client's requirement to handover and beyond, with the labels changing at every stop.