By accident or by design, I’ve managed to steer clear of MS SharePoint (SP) centric Enterprise Content Management (ECM) deployments until a few weeks ago. However, even though I’ve only been on the periphery of SP, I’ve never… Read More
Posted on June 23, 2014 by christianpwalker
ECM, EIM, Governance, Implementation, Information Governance, Information Management, Metadata, PHIGs, Planning, Requirements, SharePoint
ECM, EIM, governance, Implementation, Information Governance, Information Management, Planning, requirements, SharePoint, sharepoint 2010, sp2010, vendor selection
A while back I wrote a couple of posts (one and two) about attempting to value information as an asset, carried on the balance sheet. I took a very accounting oriented approach, and I think I’ve made some… Read More
Posted on April 7, 2014 by christianpwalker
Last week a story was reported in the news about a stolen laptop. The laptop contained patient information for more than 620,000 Albertans. This is my response to the situation. It’s far less ranty than what was in… Read More
Posted on January 27, 2014 by christianpwalker
Back in June (2013) during the ARMA Canada Regional Conference I attended a pretty good session delivered by Emily Gusba (Information Management Lead, GCDOCS Implementation at Natural Resources Canada). Emily was accompanied by Trevor Banks and Julie Colgan… Read More
Posted on September 23, 2013 by christianpwalker
Over the last couple of days I’ve seen/heard some comments that Big Buckets don’t work well in Records Management. Uhm, you’re doing it wrong. I suspect that a large part of the issue is that classification models are… Read More
Posted on September 12, 2013 by christianpwalker
A while back I mentioned that I was going to try to write a book. Well, I’ve started it at last. Between losing my job and spending time at the cabin I’ve not really been motivated or focused…. Read More
Posted on August 20, 2013 by christianpwalker
By now all of you (yeah, right) have read my Principles of Holistic Information Governance (PHIGs) post, viewed the slide deck, and some of you attended the presentation I gave in Calgary. Based partly on the popularity of… Read More
Posted on June 26, 2013 by christianpwalker
This previous post was about the need for holism in information governance. This post brings up topics that you’ll have to deal with in defining holistic information governance. (I think I’ll refer to these as PHIGs – Principles… Read More
Posted on April 1, 2013 by christianpwalker
If it doesn’t work manually, automating won’t do diddly for you; policy comes before procedure. Somebody asked if auto-classification and retention / disposition processing had been tested in court. I’ve not been directly involved with any cases, but… Read More
Posted on February 20, 2013 by christianpwalker
Governance is the Super Ego to the Id of collaboration. If you’re an information consumer or producer, governance sucks. Think about it; all you really want to do is get the info you need or pass stuff on… Read More
Posted on September 17, 2012 by christianpwalker
This was originally posted on the AIIM Community on November 18, 2011. This post was inspired by this article on CMSWire by @billycripe and by the Cloud themed tweet jam hosted by CMSWire on November 17, 2011. As… Read More
Posted on November 21, 2011 by christianpwalker
Whether tangible or not, all communication has an intended outcome. The purpose of information is to inform and communicate. We want to communicate our achievements (financial results), our desires (purchase orders), our directives (policies), and our knowledge (whitepapers… Read More
Posted on February 15, 2011 by christianpwalker
PHIGs IMC Inc.
