{"id":44478,"date":"2021-01-13T04:39:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T09:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cybercon1.com\/?p=44478"},"modified":"2021-01-13T04:39:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T09:39:00","slug":"how-to-develop-an-ecm-strategy-and-roadmap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/13\/how-to-develop-an-ecm-strategy-and-roadmap\/","title":{"rendered":"How to develop an ECM strategy and roadmap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techtarget.com\/contributor\/Geoffrey-Bock\">Geoffrey Bock <\/a>&#8211; Anyone who travels to a new place is bound to get lost without a map or GPS; similarly, organizations shouldn&#8217;t plan to deploy enterprise content management without a roadmap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.pixabay.com\/photo\/2017\/05\/06\/14\/43\/new-mexico-2290033__340.jpg?resize=671%2C454&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"671\" height=\"454\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An<strong> ECM <\/strong>roadmap identifies the necessary operational policies, procedures and technologies to maintain an organization&#8217;s digital information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Developing an <strong>ECM <\/strong>roadmap is an involved process, so organizations should understand best practices and steps to successfully create one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An <strong>ECM<\/strong> roadmap depends on an <strong>ECM<\/strong> strategy, which links business objectives to identifiable results such as increased productivity, reduced costs and mitigated risks. An <strong>ECM <\/strong>strategy describes the\u00a0<em>why\u00a0<\/em>in terms of business benefits; an ECM roadmap charts the\u00a0<em>how<\/em>\u00a0in terms of investments in people, processes and technologies.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An <strong>ECM<\/strong> roadmap operationalizes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/searchcontentmanagement.techtarget.com\/tip\/ECM-digital-document-management-help-energy-company-surge\">an organization&#8217;s <strong>ECM<\/strong> strategy<\/a>\u00a0and defines investment plans for an identifiable time period, such as the next 18 to 36 months. A roadmap sets priorities and like all plans, it needs to be reviewed on a periodic basis &#8212; at least annually &#8212; and updated in light of changing business objectives.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?rct=j&amp;sa=t&amp;url=https:\/\/searchcontentmanagement.techtarget.com\/tip\/How-to-develop-an-ECM-strategy-and-roadmap&amp;ct=ga&amp;cd=CAEYASoUMTM3NzY2NjAxOTY3OTcwMjM1NzgyGjQwNDMwNWJiNTFkYzJlNmU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&amp;usg=AFQjCNEq0TRa9xC0Qg78se_U2w3O9VSUFw\">Read On:<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Geoffrey Bock &#8211; Anyone who travels to a new place is bound to get lost without a map or GPS; similarly, organizations shouldn&#8217;t plan to deploy enterprise content management without a roadmap. An ECM roadmap identifies the necessary operational <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/13\/how-to-develop-an-ecm-strategy-and-roadmap\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[143],"class_list":["post-44478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ecm","tag-ecm"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31667,"url":"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/18\/epicor-releases-docstar-ecm-sales-order-automation\/","url_meta":{"origin":44478,"position":0},"title":"Epicor Releases DocStar ECM Sales Order Automation","author":"Rick Backus","date":"June 18, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0Epicor Software Corporation,\u00a0recently announced\u00a0that\u00a0DocStar\u00a0ECM Sales Order Automation is now available. 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