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This version of the presentation has been updated to include the new EDRM functions available in SharePoint 2013.
The presentation goes into considerable depth about the EDRM functions in SharePoint – and therefore this is not a light read!
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Process mapping for Information Management professionalsSimon Rawson
This presentation was delivered at the Records and Information Management Professionals' Association July 2019 Victoria seminar. The aim is to provide an overview of process mapping in an information management context for Information Managers.
The art of information architecture in Office 365Simon Rawson
I gave this this presentation at the Collab365 Global Conference in September 2020. It covers the main elements you need to consider in developing an information architecture and management plan for Office 365
Information and Records Management in SharePoint - An In-depth ReviewSimon Rawson
In this presentation, Simon covers the EDRM functions of SharePoint 2010/13 and regulatory requirements for Records Management. Suzette covers the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Information Checkup 2.0 and how Australian Government agencies can use it as a self-check tool.
The presentation was originally developed as a hands on training course for Synergy Corporate Technologies where it formed one of the modules of the 5-day SharePoint 2010 Administration course.
This version of the presentation has been updated to include the new EDRM functions available in SharePoint 2013.
The presentation goes into considerable depth about the EDRM functions in SharePoint – and therefore this is not a light read!
Managing Innovation Using Content Management and Workflow Simon Rawson
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The current Microsoft PowerBI governance enabling and recommendations. Including the changes following the November PowerBI release and PASS conference announcements.
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Six Good Reasons to select docuvita document management system
1. Standardized: Quick and easy start with low training effort
2. Customizable: Easily adaptable to existing workflows
3. Efficient Automatic archiving: Quick retrieval of information and Optimization of processes
4. Flexible: Grows with your business and your needs. Expandable via programming interface (API)
5. Safe: Outstanding access security – Sophisticated rights management – Legally compliant archiving
6. Independent: Free choice of end devices – Access via any current web browser – No license costs for the database
20240213 ARMA GCAC Business and Technical Assessment for an Info Mgmt Initiat...Jesse Wilkins
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Gone are the days of using spreadsheets to manage clinical trials. Fortunately, a clinical trial management system (CTMS) such as Oracle Siebel CTMS, offers an effective method for streamlining business processes, reducing cost and saving time.
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What a CTMS is and who needs one
Key functions of a CTMS
CTMS selection process
System types and implementation options
Best practices
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Configuring a SharePoint 2010 records repository involves many steps that must be properly orchestrated in order to achieve the desired results.
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This session will show how InfoPath 2010 can be leveraged to reduce the complexity of records center configuration by capturing all of the required elements in one place, and then pushing them out in various ways, depending on your overall information architecture strategy.
Findability and discoverability of information / records in an organization is dependent on how much it has been worked on in terms of metadata identification, scope notes, etc.
Users are interested in getting the right information that serves their purpose. The content ought to be grouped (classified) so as to enhance its findability. The term taxonomy has bee used in the document to denote indexing.
FORTHCOMING TRAINING IN ELECTRONIC RECORDS MANAGEMENT: Book your slot today from the following Link: http://kenvisiontechniks.com/kenwp/event/electronic-records-information-management/
The current Microsoft PowerBI governance enabling and recommendations. Including the changes following the November PowerBI release and PASS conference announcements.
docuvita is the powerful and cost-effective document management software for small and medium-sized enterprises – a modern, state-of-the-art software solution. More than ten successful years in the market and a large number of customer installations form the solid basis for our broad knowledge and extensive experience in document management.
Six Good Reasons to select docuvita document management system
1. Standardized: Quick and easy start with low training effort
2. Customizable: Easily adaptable to existing workflows
3. Efficient Automatic archiving: Quick retrieval of information and Optimization of processes
4. Flexible: Grows with your business and your needs. Expandable via programming interface (API)
5. Safe: Outstanding access security – Sophisticated rights management – Legally compliant archiving
6. Independent: Free choice of end devices – Access via any current web browser – No license costs for the database
20240213 ARMA GCAC Business and Technical Assessment for an Info Mgmt Initiat...Jesse Wilkins
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Gone are the days of using spreadsheets to manage clinical trials. Fortunately, a clinical trial management system (CTMS) such as Oracle Siebel CTMS, offers an effective method for streamlining business processes, reducing cost and saving time.
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Key functions of a CTMS
CTMS selection process
System types and implementation options
Best practices
Engaging Agile Teams for Data Governance ProfessionalsJoe McFadden
Confused about how to ensure data management activities get accomplished as you organizations transitions from a traditional software development and management methodologies to agile ones? This presentation explains the key differences in integration points between traditional and agile processes, provides tactical approaches to inserting data governance work into the agile flow. It provides an overview of agile organizational structures, enabling you to ensure they account for data governance roles performed in your organization.
3 Key Takeaways
1. An understanding of how traditional checkpoints or gateways leveraged by the data governance community map to new agile processes and workflows
2. How and when to engage agile teams
3. How to ensure your data governance staff and activities are accounted for in agile organizations
A Brief Introduction to Enterprise Architecture Daljit Banger
Presentation to Metropolitan University (London) on the 16th Feb 2017.
The purpose of the session was to introduce core basic concepts around Enterprise Architecture and discuss the role of the Enterprise Architect .
O futuro de TI passa por compreender a transformação digital dos negócios e qual papel ela deve se desempenhar neste novo cenário cada vez mais próximo. A resposta para esta transformação passa pela Arquitetura Corporativa (EA).
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Some previously used slides with modified content and some additional slides to support the webinar theme
Full Webinar Video can be seen at https://youtu.be/_41-izCm5rw
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Implementing an Integrated Quality Management System in SharePointMontrium
Implementing an Integrated Quality Management
System in SharePoint
For more information on Montrium please visit:
- www.montrium.com
- www.twitter.com/Montrium
- www.youtube.com/Montrium
or email info@montrium.com
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Are you looking to take your Document Understanding projects to the next level? Watch a deep-dive into the world of mastering AI-powered Document Understanding. Explore the best practices and see how to identify essential success metrics.
📕 It’s a great opportunity to learn:
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Our speakers:
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Register for our upcoming Dev Dives October session:
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You can watch the replay for this Geek Sync webcast in the IDERA Resource Center: http://ow.ly/Er0q50A5o7q
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Senior Project and Engineering Leader Jim Smith.pdfJim Smith
I am a Project and Engineering Leader with extensive experience as a Business Operations Leader, Technical Project Manager, Engineering Manager and Operations Experience for Domestic and International companies such as Electrolux, Carrier, and Deutz. I have developed new products using Stage Gate development/MS Project/JIRA, for the pro-duction of Medical Equipment, Large Commercial Refrigeration Systems, Appliances, HVAC, and Diesel engines.
My experience includes:
Managed customized engineered refrigeration system projects with high voltage power panels from quote to ship, coordinating actions between electrical engineering, mechanical design and application engineering, purchasing, production, test, quality assurance and field installation. Managed projects $25k to $1M per project; 4-8 per month. (Hussmann refrigeration)
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Great experience managing the product development of products which utilize complex electrical controls, high voltage power panels, product testing, and commissioning.
Created project scope, business case, ROI for multiple capital projects to support electrotechnical assembly and CPG goods. Identified project cost, risk, success criteria, and performed equipment qualifications. (Carrier, Electrolux, Biolab, Price, Hussmann)
Created detailed projects plans using MS Project, Gant charts in excel, and updated new product development in Jira for stakeholders and project team members including critical path.
Great knowledge of ISO9001, NFPA, OSHA regulations.
User level knowledge of MRP/SAP, MS Project, Powerpoint, Visio, Mastercontrol, JIRA, Power BI and Tableau.
I appreciate your consideration, and look forward to discussing this role with you, and how I can lead your company’s growth and profitability. I can be contacted via LinkedIn via phone or E Mail.
Jim Smith
678-993-7195
jimsmith30024@gmail.com
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We then explore how overwork relates to system stability and inventory.
Finally there is a call to action for Team Leads / Scrum Masters / Managers to measure and monitor excess work for individual teams.
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Key takeaways:
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Discussion questions:
Managerial challenges: Integrating drones requires planning for new infrastructure, training staff, and navigating regulations. There are also marketing and recruitment considerations specific to this technology.
External forces vary by country: Regulations, consumer acceptance, and infrastructure all differ between countries.
Demographics matter: Younger generations might be more receptive to drone delivery, while older populations might have concerns.
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Enriching engagement with ethical review processesstrikingabalance
New ethics review processes at the University of Bath. Presented at the 8th World Conference on Research Integrity by Filipa Vance, Head of Research Governance and Compliance at the University of Bath. June 2024, Athens
2. • Why map processes?
• Approaches and jargon
• Who to involve and methods
• Examples and resources
• Group exercise
• Recap and tools
Presentation Agenda
3. • “All business information is produced by
business processes for the support or
consumption of other processes”
• All processes consume resources
• Processes flow across organisations
• Processes / functions / responsibilities
• Processes and reporting go hand in hand
• Few people understand processes end to end
Processes and Their Nature - Why Map?
4. • Process mapping has been around over 100
years
• There is a current focus on process mapping
as a component of Privacy Impact
Assessments
• Frameworks abound including enterprise
architecture (e.g. Zachmann and TOGAF) and
quality management (e.g. 6 Sigma / LEAN)
• Value Stream Mapping (VSM) and Information
Flow Diagrams (VFM)
An Overview of Techniques and Methods
5. Examples: Information Flow Diagram
By Aadils96 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44703869
8. Example
PROCESS: MAKE OFFER
MEDICAL
REQUIRED?
MAKE OFFER
SOURCE CANDIDATE
PROCESS
LETTER OF OFFER
REQUEST FORM
DOCTOR’S
APPOINTMENT
GM TO APPROVE PAC
CEO/GM
LETTER OF OFFER
POLICE CHECK
HEALTH
DECLARATION
EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYEE DATA
GENERATED
YES
11. Purpose of Interviews and BU Level Design
Identify the processes and content which makes each
business unit / team unique
Design EDRM structure to support each team and
their processes
Input to design of the Business Classification Scheme
/ Information Architecture (and its mapping to RDA)
…and along the way identify issues and opportunities
12. Interview Attendees
IM Specialist or Business Analyst (facilitator)
Business unit staff who understand the key
business unit processes
Business unit or team managers (optional but
preferred)
13. ‘Reference Model’ – Standard Libraries
Common to Each Business Unit
Reports
Plans
Projects
Meetings
Finance
Branch Policies and Procedures
Branch Templates
Team Calendar and Events
14. Functions Common Across the Organisation
• Status – for lifecycle management through draft to approval to review and retirement
• Simple action assignment
• Who / what / when / action status
• Automated through alerts / views OR workflow
• Particulars recorded in metadata
• Approval processes
• Different for different classes of document
• Feedback
• Different types of feedback (e.g. questions/clarifications, suggestions for improvement, errors)
• In the absence of a central review point each business unit will be responsible for handling feedback
but the handling process and reporting will be common
• Either built around department / team site based lists OR the service desk solution
• Reviews of published information
• Restricted to particular information types such as policies, and content published to the intranet
• Whilst this could be based on EDRM actions or workflow it would be better to lever a third-party
enterprise workflow tool such as Nintex (in an Office 365 context)
• Retirement of aged content
• Review or auto-deletion of aged drafts etc in line with NAP (Normal Administrative Procedure)
15. Business Unit Interviews – Facilitator Checklist
Interview notes:
What department & team
High level processes unique to team
Regular
Ad hoc / irregular
For each process:
Criticality / importance
Trigger, frequency, effort, impact
Main steps – very high level
Who you deal with
Supporting policies / procedures / guidelines / resources
Documents in and out
…and where are they saved?
How reported and monitored
When you want to find documents how ideally would you like to search for them?
Where are they currently saved / classified? Does that structure work?
Who else is involved?
Is security necessary and if so what?
Focus on examples or use cases
17. Interview Agenda
Interviewee Preparation
Think about key processes
Interview
High level processes
Main process steps
Documents / info consumed and produced
How file system / existing EDRM is used
Issues and suggestions for improvement
Security (and privacy)
Ideally how information is searched
Homework after the interview
Follow up interview if needed
Verify notes
Actions as agreed, e.g.
Provide process example scenarios
Provide examples or lists
Templates
Processes / procedures
Key example documents
18. Exercise
With a couple of people around you, identify a
simple process in one of your organisations
• Map out the steps (5 minutes)
• Identify (5 minutes)
• Transactional information (requests etc)
• Context / support information (templates,
procedures etc)
• How you as a user wants to be able to find or
navigate the information
19. Example Resources and Links
• https://www.informationmapping.com/en/information-
mapping/information-mapping/examples – example templates
• Online process mapping tool http://draw.io
• Nintex ProMapp process mapping -
https://www.promapp.com
• https://www.oaic.gov.au/elearning/pia/topic4.html – key points
to cover in information mapping
• Simon@powermark.net.au / 0430 986 682
A bundle of spreadsheet templates with example content is
available on request
24. Taxonomy for Operations Management
Policies
Manual
Procedures
Work Instructions
Records and Documents
Strategy
Taxonomies and metadata
models tie content together
facilitating search, navigation
and content maintenance
Based on the ISO Quality
Management System model
Editor's Notes
The purpose of your organisation is to deliver its services and products. All services and products produced by your organisation are designed, built and delivered through your business processes.
Processes fall into a continuum from ad hoc and irregular, to frequent and structured.
Strategic processes will be generic in nature (e.g. Planning) with a few key dates and tasks, and run infrequently
Strategic processes are hard to objectively measure business benefits – strategic benefits by their nature are difficult to quantify
Tactical or operational processes are more structured
… are easier to quantify and measure – e.g. how many widgets were produced, average time to execute or calculate response time
…can be mapped more readily
By mapping processes with a core group from each business or cross-functional unit, you are also promoting a shared understanding, not only of their process, but also of their issues and potential improvements.
Therefore this is a team activity which should be carried out in interviews or workshops with an audience restricted to those knowing or participating in the set of processes
There are many terms, models and techniques
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner provides guidance on mapping information flows as part of its guidance on Privacy Impact Assessments (link provided). (Many attendees will have substantial experience in PIA processes, far more so than I.)
In the next slides I’ll show some common examples of flowchart types, then the process of conducting interviews with business units.
Most of the tools and frameworks very involved and outside the scope of IM professionals. I want to give you some simple tools and techniques, and most importantly an approach oriented on Information Management needs. (Most IT tools and models don’t go far enough.)
Not all processes need to be mapped. Formal notation for business process mapping is not necessary, and should not ‘get in the way’ of business units mapping processes which are critical or unclear. This is an activity which business units must ‘own’. The primary outcome is agreement on the process and understanding of the main steps.
For simplicity, Feedback is shown as applying to Quality documents. In practice, Feedback processes apply to all documents (for consistency). By default the contact point for feedback is either the author but could be a nominated contact role.
If the organisation uses an Integrated Management System, all processes must relate to, or be supported by one or more QMS references
Excluded from the process model are processes which are common across the organisation. Provision must be made for all teams for general processes involving planning, reporting, meetings, training, departmental/team finances etc, and IM should play a lead in determining how these are managed given the organisation’s EDRM solution/s.
IM should also be responsible for low level processes for managing the information lifecycle.
In particular I advocate including in IM scope:
Simple action assignment, which will apply during the drafting or review processes. Most work takes place around work in progress, so being able to find, track and manage the associated documents helps people in their day-to-day work
Managing feedback. Feedback should be able to be provided by anyone within an organisation at any time. People know best if a document or template works for them, or if there is an issue, at the time they are using it. People are also poor at tracking and remembering all issues in a Post Implementation Review. Feedback mechanisms contribute to quality assurance and continual process improvement – both aspects being important in obtaining executive buy-in
Notes distributed to workshop or interview participants should include these elements.
Visio - PowerPoint
I have a set of zipped resources to share the group, including this presentation, AIIM tookits for governance, the benefits register and various whitepapers and models. I’ll collect email addresses from those who want the package.
Key aspects in this model:
All feedback is assessed and initially classified
A fortnightly or monthly review is conducted by a group trained in critical thinking (eg. de Bono 6 Thinking Hats)
The group has authority to make decisions and request action (this might be devolved amongst various management groups)
An innovation policy should be present to guide decision making
An escalation path is available for high value suggestions
Having a repository for suggestions facilitates reporting
Some organisations have decision making criteria which make it mandatory to action suggested initiatives, typically when the Internal Rate of Return is greater than a threshold % rate. For commercial organisations this is generally based on the cost of capital plus a risk margin.
This is an ideal application for a workflow application. However not all complex processes require workflow automation, if you possess an ECM solution like SharePoint with easily configurable metadata, saved searches and views, and notifications or alerts. For example, you could set up a metadata field for priority, create a view showing high priority suggestions, and set up an alert for new high priority suggestions to provide automation support.
This is where a business or process analyst who knows what your ECM can be made to do is so valuable. They have the skills to help design solutions to address business problems. Part of their role is to mentor others in your organisation with this skill. Finding opportunities and setting up some sample solutions to showcase ECM capability for process support is very helpful. A good working example is the ECM equivalent of a picture telling 1000 words.
The Integrated Management System (IMS) or Operations Management System (OMS) is the set of compliance frameworks used within an organisation should be used as the primary taxonomy for information classification. Organisations with risky operations (such as mining, resources, transportation, construction and engineering) or which are heavily regulated (such as Financial Services and Health) are most likely to have an overarching IMS.
Not every organisation has a cohesive, organisation-wide IMS. However every organisation has its own policies and procedures dictating how it operates. Examples of compliance frameworks commonly folded into an IMS include its quality management system (e.g. ISO 9001), risk management (ISO 31000), environmental management (ISO 14001), occupational health and safety (ISO 18001), etc.
More information on IMS can be found at https://www.sciqual.com.au/what-integrated-management-system-ims. A local example of an IMS at work is BP’s OMS, which is the framework covering all operations, including in Australia. (Search on BP OMS finds BP templates for their procedures.)
If we consider policies and procedures etc, what sort of characteristics or processes apply?
Updates to policies or procedures will cascade to related content down the hierarchy – but not up
They apply for a date range (cf. content like meeting documents or financial transaction documents which apply for a given date
They should have a review date or review trigger event
Most policies will apply across the organisation…
…but may have departmental or business unit versions
Procedures and work instructions etc will generally be specific to business units
ISO 9001:2015 clause 4.4 Quality management systems and its processes requires an organisation to “maintain documented information to the extent necessary to support the operation of processes and retain documented information to the extent necessary to have confident that the processes are being carried out as planned.” (https://www.iso.org/files/live/sites/isoorg/files/archive/pdf/en/documented_information.pdf)