On 3/31/07, Simon DeWitt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Agree Peter, except that the Private Sector has more freedoms than the
> Government sector.

what freedoms are your referrring to. Most if not all private sector
organizations are faced with satisfying a multitude of laws and
regulations along with the inevitable lawsuits.

>
> Furthermore you need a sponsor of the Project that has the authority and
> the resources to help you implement the E-mail Management Solution.

that may have been true 10 years ago but finding sponsorship is not
the problem it once was. today private sector organizations recognize
they have a problem and that it needs to be solved.

> It is best to have a sponsor that is charge of both the IT Department
> and RM Department (GM, CEO, Director of Administration, etc...) so that
> he or she can determine who takes the lead in this project, which should
> be the RM Department.

Actually I'm seeing this done more in a colloborative mode

>Another Stakeholder that we sometimes need to get
> buy in from is the General Counsel or Legal Department.

In many cases the GC is calling for the implementation of email
management because that is where the smoking guns are found during
discovery. No need to get buyin from the GC/Legal Department in many
cases they are pushing the others to come up with the solution.

My original point dealt with the need to analysis of the email traffic
so that one could come up with a management based upon objective data.
Developing policy and procedures without knowing how the system is
used is a train wreck waiting to happen.


Peter Kurilecz CRM CA
Richmond, Va

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