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5 Reasons Your Files and Records are ROT(ting)

Gimmal

Redundant, obsolete, and trivial (ROT) information likely dominates your content stores. We collect data from organizations every day to understand why information governance problems exist, and there are generally five reason your files are ROT(ting). Five Reasons Your Files are ROT(ting) 1.

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Tips for Folder Structure Design and Cleanup

The Texas Record

Train new employees about the file structure and how they are managed. Consider building periodic refreshers into your records training. Disposition Dispose of the ROT—redundant, obsolete, trivial—items before creating a new file structure. This way, users will have access to information, but they will not be able to edit it.

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AIIM19 session preview - Content Analytics & ECM Implementation across the Enterprise with John Daly

AIIM

Maybe it is developing an IG roadmap or a project plan; maybe it is forming a steering committee, developing policies and procedures, data migration, software selection, an audit plan, training, communications, an IG intranet site…phew! See this session and more live at The AIIM Conference 2019 - March 26th-28th 2019.

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Records Management in the Intelligent Information Era

AIIM

This means learning to apply and leverage automation in support of key records management tasks: Declaration and Classification of Incoming Information: Users don’t want to do it, and aren’t trained to do it, and simply can’t keep up with it at the volume and growth rate most organizations are experiencing.

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How to Perform a Content Migration - Your Checklist for Success

AIIM

Or is much of it redundant, outdated or obsolete, or trivial (ROT)? Whatever the team is using needs to be acquired and configured, and the users trained on it. Determine the Value of the Information in the Source System: Does the source system store formal business records such as financial data, personnel files, contracts, etc.?

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4 Steps in Streamlining Open Records Requests

Gimmal

Classification and proper records management techniques also help identify what needs to be retained and eliminate items that may be redundant, outdated, or trivial (aka ROT) without running afoul of regulations. Establishing an efficient solution begins by defining your needs.

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Content Cleanup and Migration Planning

JKevinParker

This is often a great time to clean up information ROT (redundant, obsolete, trivial). A little training at this point will go a long way toward successful adoption of the new solution. This can make the new information repository cleaner and often lower the effort of the actual migration process.

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