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RE: I had hoped to get more of a response - Re: Managing versions of documents - problems and concerns
Subject:RE: I had hoped to get more of a response - Re: Managing versions of documents - problems and concerns From:John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 19 Jun 2003 18:12:30 -0400
>I would do things in a slightly different order. I suggest designing and
(to
>the extent you can ) implementing your procedures BEFORE spending a few
>hundred large ones on an EDMS! Once you have workable and valuable
>procedures in place, find a document management system that supports and
>automates those procedures.
A third suggestion...call in the top three vendors and have them each do a
proof of concept. You get to get a system up and running, then pick the one
that works best for you. Hundreds of thousands of dollars give you this
ability.
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
Barnes&Noble.com
jposada -at- book -dot- com
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