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Information management (or information governance) is vital to businesses today. In fact, most of the problems a company will experience in e-discovery exist because of information management problems.
In formation Management is a career unto itself in some organizations demanding knowledge of the use of information and the technology to handle it. Information management is depicted in Figure 4.1 as the first stage of the EDRM. This is a little misleading, because information management is an ongoing process aimed at mitigating expense and risk in case e-discovery becomes necessary. Instead of depicting it as just another phase or even the first phase, P2P, in Figure 4.2, shows Information Management as surrounding the other phases.
This is how companies -- your clients -- need to view it. Information Management is as vital a tool to a company’s success and existence as the once ubiquitous Rolodex.
Figure 4.1
Figure 4.2
Paul, I suggest you take a look at the Information Governance Reference Model put out by EDRM at http://www.edrm.net/resources/guides/igrm. If you are interested in this area, EDRM does have student memberships for specific programs, and individual memberships for others.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Eric. EDRM and the IGRM models are both guides for me, of course, as is Ralph Losey's EDBP. My book seeks to stress to the solo and small firm lawyer the importance of having their clients establish and maintain strong information governance policies with retention policies that are enforceable and defensible.
DeleteI mention and cite to the IGRM only, as I interpret it as being best applied to situations with a greater number of stakeholders. Do you think that is a wrong assumption on my part?
My book is essentially interested in providing the basic information necessary to accomplish an immediate task and/or provide the springboard for diving more deeply into the e-discovery processes.
I am definitely interested in what you think about the short blurbs I post, especially given your experience at Zelle Hofmann as their National E-Discovery Counsel.
By the way, I am meeting with Ron Hedges the first of February while he is in Colorado attending the ABA program at Beaver Creek. I will be attending the Cyberspace Law Institute & Winter Working Meeting in Denver. Are you by chance attending either seminar? If so, perhaps we could meet for coffee to discuss my book and/or e-discovery in general. It is a topic I've been intrigued with since starting the legal administration program at DU.