Technology Law: What Every Business (And Business-Minded Person) Needs To Know

2. JOINT APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
One methodology to consider is what’s called joint application development (JAD). This
methodology takes end users, executives, tech lawyers, and developers off-site,
and away from distractions, for meetings where they work out the details of what the
developers will create.

3. Define Your Project
• Scope creep can occur with
fixed-price deals as well as
contracts calling for
payment on an hourly fee
basis.
Change Orders
• A good change order
procedure typically involves
a written request for a
change, a period for the
other side to consider the
request, and a requirement
that if the change is
approved it will be
documented and become of
the contract.
PROJECT SCOPE CREEP

4. DOCUMENT RETENTION POLICIES

6. ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY
C R E A T I N G A D A T A
R E T E N T I O N P O L I C Y
• The starting point is that you
need a structured data
retention plan so you know
what kinds of data you have,
where you store your data,
what data you should
destroy, and when.
W H A T T O A D D R E S S
• By combining the skills and
expertise of your people the
plan should be able address
and support your company’s
business operational
requirements, comply with
relevant legal requirements,
and limit the strain on IT
resources.

7. ENRON AND DATA DESTRUCTION
Enron. Document shredding. File deletion. Arthur Andersen. Not even J.
R. Ewing could concoct what these boys did.
• Legally Destroying Data- The law does permit you to destroy data,
whether digital or paper. If you apply the commonsense and smell
tests, you realize that the law has to allow this.

9. DISASTER PLANNING

10. Be sure to obtain the assistance of a
lawyer who has real-world experience
with disaster planning.