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Document Management Systems<\/a> are tools that allow a company to manage the information in its business processes<\/strong> (the content) and automate those processes<\/strong>, reducing manual work and putting the information users need within reach at any given moment. In this article we are going to talk about how to implement a Document Management System, giving you 5 key tips that will help you with the task.<\/p>\n

If you are comparing options, our document management software comparison<\/a> analyses eight tools by process, regulation, price and G2 rating.<\/p>\n

I need a Document Management System \u2014 where do I start?<\/h2>\n

Before we get to the tips you should follow when implementing a Document Management System in your organisation, we recommend that you first analyse what you expect to achieve with it. A good idea is to read this post on the 5 features most valued by companies already using Document Management Systems<\/a>, based on a study by the American consultancy Gartner<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Once you are familiar with the concepts behind this type of software and you have chosen your Document Management System, it is time to discover the keys to implementing it successfully in your organisation.<\/p>\n

The 5 keys to implementing a Document Management System successfully<\/h2>\n

1 – Define objectives and get management involved<\/h3>\n

The first step before rolling out a Document Management System is being clear about the needs or “pain points” that led you to look for one. On top of that, you will not only need your company’s management to approve the project, you will need to involve them in order to guarantee adoption by all users.<\/p>\n

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  • Gather detailed requirements, both immediate and future, from every department through surveys and interviews<\/strong>. We recommend focusing on the ultimate goal of implementing the tool (the business indicators you intend to improve), and not only on its features.<\/li>\n
  • Adopting any tool, however excellent, takes effort, and everyone will resist it at first. Involving management<\/strong> is the smartest option, because if you do not, you run the risk of the rollout stalling at this stage if it is not adopted by all the departments involved.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Starting to use a tool creates resistance at first. Involving management is the way to get past that stage.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    2 \u2013 Appoint an internal owner<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    Another essential step before implementing your Document Management System is appointing an internal project lead. Their responsibilities will be:<\/p>\n

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    • Acting as the single or main point of contact<\/strong> with the supplier.<\/li>\n
    • Interviewing all the necessary teams internally<\/strong> before and during the project, rather than leaving that task to the supplier, or being present if the supplier does it.<\/li>\n
    • Having enough authority<\/strong> to make decisions about workflows, either independently or in coordination with the rest of the organisation.<\/li>\n
    • Knowing the project’s objectives in detail<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Parading the supplier around to interview department heads with no internal coordination is not going to work.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

      3 \u2013 Rollout first, training afterwards<\/strong><\/h3>\n

      If you have explained your needs properly, the supplier is your best ally for implementing your Document Management System successfully. Put yourself in their hands at the start and run the training sessions when everything is ready to go.<\/p>\n

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      • Use the resources the supplier gives you<\/strong>. Do not settle for in-person sessions. We are talking about product documentation, video tutorials, FAQs, forums and so on.<\/strong><\/li>\n
      • Do “train the trainer”<\/strong>. Train the “power users” or administrators first. They will be the ones who go on to train the end users and answer their questions.<\/li>\n
      • Get to know the community<\/strong>. Through social media, review sites and other resources you can find other companies using the same Document Management System and exchange experiences and ideas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        In every organisation there will always be one or two “power users” who know the tool inside out. Think carefully about who they are going to be from the outset and give them the tools they need.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

        4 \u2013 Review your processes before building them into the tool<\/strong><\/h3>\n

        Getting your organisation’s workflows into the Document Management System is perhaps the key point of the rollout<\/strong>. That is why we recommend choosing the processes you want to implement and reviewing them before configuring them in the tool.<\/p>\n

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        • Pay attention to the automation features the CSP offers<\/strong>; do not try to replicate the manual version of your processes exactly.<\/li>\n
        • Simplify processes before implementing them<\/strong>. The same workflow can be implemented in many different ways in a Document Management System. The goal should be to reduce manual actions and simplify the process as much as possible. You will always have time to make it more complex later. Users tend to implement workflows in an overly complex way in order to cover every case (even the rarest ones), thinking it will save them time, and what they usually achieve is the opposite.<\/li>\n
        • You will not know everything you need from the tool until you start using it<\/strong>. So avoid lengthy rollouts and aim to start with a working prototype (a Minimum Viable Product) as soon as possible. Then make successive improvements as you go, based on the experience of using it.<\/li>\n
        • Do not leave permissions until the end<\/strong>. Creating permissions and security profiles \u2014 that is, defining what each user will be able to do \u2014 is a task that must be taken into account from the moment each process is designed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Implementing a Document Management System is the perfect moment to cut waste from all our workflows, before automating them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

          5 \u2013 Do not “save money” on implementation services<\/strong><\/h3>\n

          The Document Management System’s suppliers are the ones who know best the tool you are going to implement. At the start of the project they will recommend a set of services (training and consultancy) based on the scope described to them.<\/p>\n

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          • Think of the services you buy as “butter for your toast”<\/strong>. Your “toast” is the size it is. The supplier will spread whatever butter you buy evenly across it. If you buy less butter, they will still spread it across the whole slice, but the result will be worse.<\/li>\n
          • Optimise your licence parameters<\/strong>. Rather than skimping on services, it is better to think in terms of a gradual licence rollout (first 5 users, then 10, then 20). You will achieve the same saving without compromising the benefits of the project.<\/li>\n
          • Do evolutionary maintenance every six months<\/strong>. Once the project is live, make a point of meeting the users once every 6 months. Many of the improvements will become obvious once you are up and running, and you will be able to apply progressive refinement to get more out of it.<\/li>\n
          • “Do it yourself” exists, but it is not for everyone<\/strong>. With enough time and dedication, you can carry out a Document Management System rollout without buying training and consultancy services, but that will mean extra effort that you have to factor into your costs, and it can affect the quality of the end result.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            The best guarantee of a successful rollout is having the supplier’s help. Ideally the software manufacturer, or failing that an authorised partner.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

            Two pieces of preparation almost everyone skips<\/h2>\n

            The five tips above cover how to organise the project. There are also two preparatory tasks that rarely appear in rollout plans and that, when they are missing, get paid for halfway through.<\/p>\n

            Map the information lifecycle before touching the tool<\/h3>\n

            Before configuring anything, it is worth going through every type of document that will enter the system and answering, for all of them, the same sequence of questions:<\/p>\n

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            • Creation<\/strong>: where does this document come from? Does someone draft it, does it arrive by email, does a customer upload it, does another system generate it?<\/li>\n
            • Storage<\/strong>: where does it live while it is active, and who should be able to see it?<\/li>\n
            • Distribution<\/strong>: who does it have to be sent to, inside and outside the organisation?<\/li>\n
            • Consolidation<\/strong>: does it also need to end up somewhere else (SharePoint, an ERP, a customer folder)?<\/li>\n
            • Exploitation<\/strong>: which of its data do you need to be able to search, total or export?<\/li>\n
            • Lifecycle<\/strong>: how long is it kept, and what happens at the end?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              This exercise has two effects. The first is that requirements appear which nobody mentioned in the initial interviews, almost always in the distribution and consolidation phases. The second, and more valuable: it lets you establish an implementation order<\/strong> with proper criteria, starting with the document types that generate the most volume or the most pain, rather than with whichever department pushed hardest.<\/p>\n

              If, once you have finished the map, there are document types whose lifecycle nobody can describe, that is not a problem with the tool: it is a pending business decision that the rollout was going to bring to light anyway. Better now than later.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

              Define a common metadata framework<\/h3>\n

              Each type of document will have its own fields, but there is a set that should be named the same, mean the same and have the same format across the whole organisation: customer, supplier, project, cost centre, owner, effective date.<\/p>\n

              When every document category is designed on its own, you end up with “Customer”, “Customer name” and “Registered name” as three different fields containing the same thing. The day someone wants a report that cross-references contracts with invoices, there will be no way of doing it.<\/p>\n

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              • Agree that common vocabulary<\/strong> before creating the first category.<\/li>\n
              • Decide where the value of each shared field comes from: if the ERP already holds the customer list, that is the good list.<\/li>\n
              • Write down the format for dates, amounts and identifiers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                It is an hour of meeting that saves you rebuilding categories later, when they already have documents in them.<\/p>\n

                And when choosing the tool, look at the integrations<\/h3>\n

                A rollout does not happen in isolation. Before finalising your choice, check how compatible the Document Management System’s APIs really are with the systems you already use: the office suite (Microsoft 365), the invoicing program or ERP, the collaboration tool (Teams, Slack) and the system where documents are consolidated (SharePoint or others).<\/p>\n

                It is worth adding one more check today that was not on the list a few years ago: whether the platform exposes its content to artificial intelligence agents<\/strong>, and under what permissions. That is the route through which a good share of the automation of the coming years will arrive, and it depends entirely on the tool having an open, well-documented API.<\/p>\n

                The contingency plan: what nobody prepares until they need it<\/h2>\n

                When a Document Management System becomes the organisation’s source of truth, it turns into a critical system. It deserves the same treatment as every other critical system, and yet it almost never makes it into the business continuity plan until the first scare.<\/p>\n

                Three things to settle before you call the project finished:<\/p>\n

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                • How information is recovered<\/strong>. It is not enough that the supplier takes backups: you need to know how long they take to restore, how far back you can go, and who can request it.<\/li>\n
                • How work continues if the system is unavailable<\/strong>. Which processes stop, which can carry on in a degraded mode, and for how long that is acceptable.<\/li>\n
                • How you leave the tool<\/strong>. What format a complete export of documents and metadata comes in, and whether you can request it at any time. This is not distrust of the supplier: it is what turns a dependency into a reversible decision.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                  Ask the supplier about the full export before<\/strong> you sign, not when you want to leave. The answer you get that day tells you a lot about the tool.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

                  With the information lifecycle mapped, the metadata vocabulary agreed and the contingency plan written down, the rollout stops being a leap into the void and becomes a project with a safety net.<\/p>\n

                   <\/p>\n

                  We hope these 5 tips make the implementation of your Document Management System a success!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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