I just wanted to give you a quick recap of the last few days: Of the people I spoke to, no one advocated for getting rid of Alfresco Unless something to the contrary comes up in the next few weeks, there is no reason to believe that Alfresco is the problem Alfresco was likely the wrong choice back in 2008/09, but the product and company have since matured to the point where it’s no longer the case There is a general feeling that Alfresco is/was underfunded, under-resourced, and lacking in executive buy-in / mandate It appears that there is no executive support or commitment to mandating Information Management practices using Alfresco as a standard tool set to implement There was/is an element of Alfresco (or any ECM platform) being a magic bullet, rather than a platform on which to build solutions It seems that all the Alfresco initiatives over the years have been done as individual projects, rather than under a program of managing information The consulting services engaged focused on the mechanical & “how to” aspects of Alfresco and related tools, without any of the advisory & “what should we do, why we should do it” services At this point it’s my opinion that the problems are cultural and environmental. If the culture and environment change Alfresco will succeed, providing the right resources are engaged in the right way. If the culture and environment don’t change Alfresco will fail, as will any other platform brought in. #useradoption #corpculture #governance #InformationGovernance #information governance #EnterpriseContentManagement #EIM #implementation #informationmanagement #PHIGs #vendorselection #Alfresco #ECM #culture
The problem we have is not that we’re missing the tools; the problem is that we’re missing an holistic approach to deploying these tools through the organisation in a manner that that focuses on value rather than control. Change Corporate Culture Much has been written about the lack of general adoption of social business tools in organisations
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 (ARMA Int’l President,...
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