All,

 

I have had some discussions with several colleagues here at the utility.
When I began managing the company's records, there was a desire to
classify records management itself as a project.  I had my doubts
because of the long-term impact of records management and the need to
support every workgroup in the company on a permanent basis.  The term
"project", at least to me, denotes a temporary presence.  I'm also
hesitant to classify records management as a "program."  Even though, a
program can support multiple projects - records management itself can
even support a program.  Instead I have been responding with the notion
that records management should be, itself, categorized as a "process".
The process of managing records can support "projects" of any kind and
support the sponsor/workgroup/unit overseeing it (as well as any who
might be involved).

 

I know this seems like semantics, but it is a very important discussion
to the longevity of records management within the organization.  I would
be very interested to hear your thoughts on the issue.

 

r/

dm

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Dustin McLemore, MPA

Austin Energy

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