Catch Dr. James Brown at Nexus

Just a quick note for PM’s in the Pacific Northwest.  Dr. James Brown is conducting a class on conflict management at the Nexus conference in Seattle (Bellevue, WA) on Wednesday, November 2^nd.  I’ve been doing project and program management all over the world for the better part of 15 years and this guy is worth checking out.  Yes he has a PhD, is a published author, worked for NASA and all of that, but more importantly, he knows his subject matter as good or better than anyone in the business.  His teaching methodology and project management philosophy achieve the right balance between ‘the book’, best practices and common sense.  He also has a strong focus on human behavior and what that means in the context of project management. There are teachers and speakers, and then there are the people that you make sure to see every time they are in town.  Dr. Brown is one of the latter.  I encourage you to take the opportunity to go see him and take his class at the Nexus conference.

 

Gene Echkart
Program Manager
ImageSource Inc.

Nexus is Coming!

The ImageSource NEXUS ECM conference is fast approaching.  NEXUS is a unique opportunity for you to discover:

• How companies lever ECM beyond traditional Account Payable Invoice processes
• Lean about Enterprise Content Management industry trends (Cloud, Mobile Technologies, Social Media, to name a few)
• Invaluable opportunities to meeting and collaborate with industry peers
• Attend certified educational seminars
• View current ECM related technologies
• Participate in one on one sessions with industry technical and business experts
• Hear about using ECM as a tactical advantage is solving today’s business issues

All this as well as the ability to earn industry accreditations:

1. Project Management Professionals (up to 20 PDU’s)
2. Certified Records Managers (10 ICRM CMP Credits)
3. Healthcare Professionals (16 AHIMA Credits)
4. Accounts Payable Processionals (IAPP Credits)
5. Business Analysts (IIBA Credits)
6. American Payroll Association (3.5 RCHs)

NEXUS is a conference you can’t afford to miss!

Hope to see you there.

 

NEXUS 2011
November 3 – 4, 2011
Meydenbauer Convention Center, Bellevue Washington
To learn more: www.nexusecm.com

 

David MacWatters
ImageSource, Inc

 

Ramp up your Records Management Program with GARP

A while back I had a discussion with an Eastside ARMA member about the challenges of making recommendations for ERM systems and that I was looking for a standard to help drive the importance of good recordkeeping and governance.  She suggested I look at the Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principals (GARP) standards to use as part of the analysis.  The GARP principals fit perfectly with my established process and added an industry standard component that gives creditability to the ERM analysis.  Now, for the first time it was not just me saying that Enterprise Records Management needed standard taxonomy, better organization, and executive oversight of the records program.  There was a standard that could be referenced and provide meaningful advice from the non-profit RIM Professional Organization – ARMA International.

The purpose of GARP is to give organizations a baseline for current Records Management practices that can be compare against other organizations and used to help develop a roadmap for the future.  The eight GARP principles address the primary components needed to develop an information governance best practices plan for the organization’s Records Management Program.

The following eight principals can be used to determine the level of development of a records management program and to analyze how the organization is positioned to take on new projects and benchmark against other organizations.

The goal of the GARP analysis is to overcome the functional, technological, and business issues associated with developing a Records Management Program and introduce a structure for guidance when implementing or maintaining ECM systems overall.  Managing records and information according to the GARP principles will increase the effectiveness of information governance and aid in compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

When getting started in ERM or looking at process improvement it is important to review the GARP principals along with the records policies and procedures that are critical components for information governance.  I have found that the GARP analysis helps as an ERM Professional to define the challenges in the as-is state of records management and quickly identify areas that require recommendations to achieve better governance.  My next Blog will cover how to perform the GARP analysis.

Leigh Woody ERM^M
Program Manager
ImageSource