Information Architecture Analysis

6.1 The Organization Under Study

The case study was conducted in an organization that operates a variety of businesses in the service sector. It consists of four companies that represent the Rio Grande do Sul business sector, with activities geared towards promoting and developing the economy of that state and Brazil as a whole. The first company operates within the education and technological services industries, the second in the social arena, the third promotes integration between universities and businesses and the fourth carries out services in the fields of economic research, industrial certification, and other services catering to industries. This organization was selected because it has an integrated system with a single database for most operational applications, and its information architecture was in the implementation phase, using BI.