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Import design patterns – Content Migration best practices
Import design patterns – Content Migration best practices

Choosing a simple, complete set of patterns: the meat-and-potatoes of a content migration analysis.  How do you take the ‘raw’ content on a network drive, and move it into a document management system with ‘the right’ metadata? How will you accomplish this on-budget and on-time? Make the hard choices during business analysis – to determine…

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Lawyers and business plans | You need one – go get it

Unless you are already succeeding beyond your wildest dreams, your law firm should have a business plan. Complacency – or inertia – leads to “We want to make more money by doing more of what we’ve always done – somehow with the same people or reduced staff.”  The attitude carries through to the use of…

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Import Requirements guidelines – Content Migration Series
Import Requirements guidelines – Content Migration Series

Because Content Migration to a Document Management system usually involves a blizzard of details, it’s important to set your targets firmly and keep on track to producing usable requirements. An Environment Baseline represents a thorough, accurate description of the original content – both its structure and file distributions throughout the structure. By analyzing that baseline and characterizing…

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Business Continuity – Planning for your Law Firm’s Survival

You can’t schedule emergencies, but you can prepare for them Being prepared has two key aspects. For your business to survive a disaster, it’s key to know How will you continue to work in the event of a disruption? How will you restore normal operations once the interrupted services and facilities are re-established? Does your firm have written procedures…

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