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In AIIM, Laurence Hart makes a number of comments about the Search vs Folders debate. Claim 1: People are used to folders, Rebuttal: They are used to search as well Not a good enough reason to stick with folders. By that logic we shouldn’t use search engines to access the Web, we should organise it into folders instead, just like Yahoo used to do. You see, people are also used to search engines, they use them every day of the week. In fact, more and more people are using search based idioms rather than folder based idioms to...
The main means of accessing documents in document management systems is via folders. This makes sense because it’s what people are used to. Before they get a document management system they normally arrange their shared documents in a shared location, organized via folders. They’re intuitive, hierarchical and familiar; and thus people tend to look for document systems which are focused around folders as well. This makes the migration to the new system easier as well. THIS IS A MISTAKE! “Why are you switching to a document management system at all?” If your file share is perfect for...
A question that is often not asked is why? Why did we decide to write a document management system? There are plenty of international products playing in this space, and plenty of local products too. Why go in to a market with heavy competition?
I personally have worked in document management and workflow for many years now, working with a broad spectrum of products and companies. What I've found is that the document management market is not so wrapped up as people would have you believe. There are some very, very popular products that are quite simply incapable of doing the...
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