Partner: Project Consult

ECM comprises the components Capture, Manage (RM, DM, WCM, Collaboration, BPM), Storage, Deliver and Preserve as defined by AIIM. ECM combines solutions which also use internet technologies, but include the management of inhouse information. The preferred platform spectrum are Enterprise Portals, B2B and B2E as Intranet.

Most vendors of document management, groupware and workflow which have not changed their architectures completely and only added a web server to their applications, will be found in this category.

The most important ECM applications are:

ECM Portal
Browser based, personalised interfaces to access informations of different internal and external sources and to migrate host and/or client user interfaces

ECM Data/Document Warehouse
Applets, middleware and meta databases combine and compress unstructured informations of different company sources

ECM Workflow
Process driven combination and integration of information of any source.

ECM Knowledge Management
Processing of structured and unstructured informations including e-Learning.

The exact definitions are getting vague and content management starts getting established. Many solutions develop more and more towards applications. In the near future content management needs to position as information management functionality as service and base infrastructure. ECM today is one of the most important IT infrastructure technologies combining web content and traditional document related technologies.

Consulting of PROJECT CONSULT

The consultants of PROJECT CONSULT combine their special know-how and the expertise of similar projects. They offer a big range of consulting: concept, product selection, project management and coaching.

They help the user to get over the organisational blindness concerning grown structures and processes as well they help the vendor to get over his overboarding love with his own product. They are mediators between the worlds of technique, organisation and people.

On one hand they help to use the potential of effective ECM solutions by introducing the latest technologies. On the other hand they are well aware of the difficulties of the implementation of technical solutions and organisational change and prevent unrealistic visions which cannot be fulfilled. It is essential that consultant, client and vendor work together efficiently as a good team.

Areas of Expertise of PROJECT CONSULT: implementation of modern information technology and organisation consulting and consulting services as

• Business Consulting for Information System Implementation
  Strategy and Management Consulting, IT architecture and strategy, Organisation optimising and re-organising, Visions

• Analysis, Design and Evalutation
  Cost/Benefit, Organisational Concept, Preparation of Requests for Bids and Neutral Vendor Recommendation, System Proposal and Detailed Offer for Subsequent Implementation, Evaluation of System Design and Procedure Organisation

• Technical Consulting
  Specifications, Detailed Concepts, Test Concept and Testing, Quality Management, Contract Management

• Project Consulting and Implementation support
  Project Management: Organisation, Planning, Monitoring and Support

• Concepts, Start-up and Acceptance

• Qualification and Training
  Concepts, Organisation and Performance

• Opinions
  Process Descriptions, Legal Recognition of Edit-Protected Systems, Acceptance, Conflict Mediation

• Workshops, Presentations and Seminars

	Contributions of Project Consult in the magazine of Documanager.net
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