What's the sense of going through all of this unless there is some kind
of official certification obtained at the end?  I have a program that is
(and has been for 3 years) 95% compliant with the criteria listed in ISO
15489.  I was only waiting until we purchased and installed our new
content management/records management system (now in progress) to more
efficiently handle electronic records before going all-out for ISO
15489.  I was under the impressions three years ago that this guide was
to become a standard, and I would be ready to meet it when it did become
a standard.  However, as it is still just a guide, I now see no benefit
to spending my limited resources on ISO 15489.  Also, I can proclaim I'm
compliant, but if there is no outside evaluation, certification, or
unbiased assessment to back me up, I can make whatever claims I want, be
they true or false.   Who's to tell me I wrong?

If an organization is just beginning to build or reorganize a
document/records program, it may be a wonderful tool to use as a
structured approach and to prevent costly errors, but for those of us
who are already there, again I ask what's the use?

Any opinions out there on this?



-----Original Message-----
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Subject: Re: ISO 15489

The ISO has not established a certification procedure for 15489. It is a
voluntary standard and compliance is a recommended to assure a workable
approach
to records management. The Australian standard (AS4390)upon which
ISO15489 is
 based contains a questionnaire for measuring compliance and ARMA offers
an
assessment package (available through its Book Store). As mentioned
there are
several good presentations on the subject as well as one on the ARMA
website
given by ARMA Hq staff.

Bill Benedon

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