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The map and information management wall

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The map and information management wall is a way of displaying maps and products in a structured way. Each operations room should have one, but it may be necessary to have two: a public one outside the operations room, and an internal one for office and operations staff use. The information may be subtly different.

There are many ways to organise the wall – depending on the type of deployment – but the following should be considered:

  • headings could be part of the product planning cycle

  • columns should be thematic

  • rows could be

    • regions

    • sub themes

    • temporal