EI news: Steering group responsible for drafting ECM standard

DOUG MILES, managing director of AIIM UK and regular contributor to IK, is one of the panelists representing associations and analysts, system integrators, technology vendors and end user organisations appointed recently to work with The Content Group and BSI British Standards to develop the first ever Publicly Available Specification (PAS) for enterprise content management (ECM).
When published, the standard will provide a common understanding of ECM and best practice.
The panel members have been selected to provide a broad and comprehensive representation of the ECM industry. Members of the group are responsible for contributing relevant technical information. They will also take part in regular review meetings providing comment and consensus building.
The Content Group has been working actively with BSI British Standards (BSI) to produce the first draft following the announcement of the PAS on 27 September 2007. The Steering Group panelists and the organisations they represent ensures that the PAS will be fully representative of all aspects of ECM.
Ben Richmond, founder and CEO of The Content Group comments, “Unless organisations take a step back from the technology and adopt a best practice approach to defining and implementing an ECM strategy, the potential of this powerful solution set will never be realised. There are four clear steps to achieving ECM success: understand what ECM is, develop a joined up ECM strategy, devise best practice for implementation of that strategy and define a blueprint to measure ongoing organisational ECM effectiveness. This standard will provide a clear frame of reference for those engaging in ECM initiatives.”

About the Contact Group:
The Content Group is a technology agnostic Enterprise Content Management (ECM) consultancy and solutions provider with a proven ECM Expert best practice methodology which ensures successful ECM projects for clients across the globe.
As leading experts in the field, The Content Group works with its clients in the education of ECM, development of ECM strategies, implementation of ECM strategies and the design of ECM maturity blueprints for ongoing measurement of organisational ECM effectiveness.