The
information horizon consists of the individual engineer, experimentation and observation in the
world, subject matter experts (including clients and users), and team members. Typically
resources that are in the information horizon but used less frequently include project and vendor
documents, trade magazines, journals, and newspapers. Often an environmental scanner will
scan books, electronic lists, subject matter experts, project and vendor documents, and trade
magazines, etc. for information that the individual and team members may need based on the
environmental scanner’s knowledge of their work or explicit requests