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Recommended course length: 6 hours
Prerequisites: None
Target Student: Business considering implementing imaging technology
Introduction
Simple problem: too much paper
Page count
Paper based system characteristics/disadvantages
Effect of computer technology on productivity
Information overload
Know your imaging environment
Imaging technologies
Scanning
Compression software
OCR/ICR
Indexing
Display
Processing
Storage
Identify system constraints
Legal
Financial
Technical
Organizational
Identify document characteristics
Volume
Variety
Retention period
Image file size
Identify application characteristics
Active life of document
document sources]
Document requestors
Transaction types
Urgency
How to avoid disasters
Incorporate records management fundamentals
Incorporate project management fundamentals
Define desired benefits
Increased productivity
Decreased in-process time
Accelerated revenue streams
Break down inter-organizational barriers to efficiency
Increase/improve public service
Cross geo-political boundaries
Increase revenue
Recognize the challenge to benefit from electronic image management technology
Major systems integration effort
High life cycle costs
Critical and permanent nature of documents
Major socio-technical impact on staff and other users
Appropriate technology mix is application dependent
Business Process Re-Engineering is required to achieve full benefits
Conclusion
Use analysis as a tool to ensure that your project will move forward; not as an excuse to avoid progress
Disprove the Faulty Assumptions Theory: All progress is based on faulty assumptions
Information resources