Here are our four top laws-to-live-by for designing any large-scale data conversion or content migration: Develop Specifications. Design for subset runs. Know how to roll back. Report errors early, don’t hide them. Develop Specifications Includes: functional specifications, technical specifications, tool configuration plan, test case design, and deployment plan design. Refer to the best practices section…
Should a medium or small law firm invest in a Document Management System? Yes. Enterprise search sounds so powerful… can that be used instead? Could you instead leave everything as it is, where it is, and apply Enterprise Search to make it accessible firm-wide? I don’t know of a search solution yet, that eliminates the need for a DMS. What does…
Here are my recommended truisms for IT development tasks, particularly in the context of Content Migration. Document new design assumptions. Question stupid approaches. Validate deployment approach with timing numbers. Use challenging artificial unit test scenarios.
The following steps will walk you through clearing out the browsing history and cookies from Internet Explorer, in a way suitable for clearing a server before major software installation. Or, you might use these steps if you’re having trouble client-side and you need to be sure that you’ve retrieved the most recent version of a…