Wayne Hoff, CRM said
DoD 5015.  It somehow became a de facto standard for records systems and got applied to countless organizations that needed nothing even close to the strictness required in the DoD.

Wayne, interesting observation.  Back in 2003, I was looking at RMS options for my law firm.  I wanted something that was DoD certified.  Many colleagues in the Legal industry asked me why.  "You don't do work for the Government.  Why do you list the DoD standard for a law firm?"

My answer was always the same.  There is only one standard out there.  Why wouldn't I want a product that met that minimum standard?  I also believed it added a lot of credibility to my sales pitch.  We were deploying the first electronic records program in the firm's history.  

So my [now] long answer is that I am part of the problem you describe.  When an industry won't create standards for itself I guess we grasp for what we can find.  It told me there were at the very least minimum levels of competency for the product I chose.  

David B. Steward
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