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I've been working my way through the excellent CIP exam preparatory videos on the AIIM site. (These were prepared by Steve Weissman, and the Holly Group, and are very impressive.)

As I went from one "Knowledge Domain" to another I started realizing what it is that I like about the CIP. It's that it creates a boundary.

What do I mean by this?

Well – think of your "Information Professional" as someone living in a village. A village called “Content Management”. They do their job, and do it well. They're not aware of the fact that beyond their own village lies a whole world. Then the person travels. Maybe they have to visit another area for their work, or they see people from other areas visiting, and decide to go exploring. In any case, they get to see new sights, or learn new things. The world, for them, however, is still uncharted.

I have lived in this land, and I also only knew of only a few areas. Gradually, however I have travelled and seen new things.

At one point I started actively seeking out other residents. We all seemed to talk a common language, but each person had their own "regional" vernacular, or way of saying things. Each had their own experience and knowledge based on the areas where they were living. We learnt from each other.

The land we lived on was still uncharted. It had no boundary, or borders. No-one knew where it started or stopped, or what places made up the land.

The CIP however, defines what knowledge an Information Professional should have. It creates a map of that land. And it appears that it is an island in a sea of other similar islands. All interacting together.  

Looking at the map, I have come to realize that this collection of experiences and knowledge that I have from my many trips through different areas all fits into a big picture.

And that is what I like about the CIP. I now can look at it, and get an idea of the various places that make up this world.

I know which areas I need to revisit, or spend more time in, to give myself a more rounded set of knowledge and skills to be able to call myself an Information Professional.

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In my next post I discuss some of more thoughts on whether CIP Land should be an island, or not.

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Village Analogy

Submitted by Debra Power February 21, 2012 - 12:03 PM

Excellent analogy to help frame the knowledge territory of an Information Professional

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Thanks

Submitted by Mark Owen February 21, 2012 - 2:07 PM

Thanks for the compliment.

The more I delved intoi the CIP material the more I realised that the CIP was actually a great tool for "defining" what knowledge an Information Professional needs to be able to call themselves as "Information Professional".

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Love the image, Mark

Submitted by Bryant Duhon February 22, 2012 - 10:40 AM

Mark, I really like this analogy. Carrying the map analogy even further, we can then place CIP Land into an overall atlas of the business and IT world.

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Island

Submitted by Mark Owen February 22, 2012 - 1:09 PM

Hi Bryant,

You are definitely right. In fact, I should have drawn analogy of an "island" is not entirely the best analogy. The idea of an island is that it is separate from everything else. The idea of a land made up of different territories (knowledge domains), that is surrounded by other countries (think Switzerland) is actually more appropriate. This implies "interaction".
(Actually - this is indeed an excellent follow-up post. I'll put ppen to paper soon.)

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