One of the first ECM applications TSG ever developed for a client 15 years ago this month was the “Smart CR” where CR stood for change request. When it comes to Change Management, we (TSG) have experienced a variety of approaches and best practices. For this post, we will detail those best practices and how […]
Documentum/Momentum EMC World Prep
The agenda for Momentum, the Documentum portion of EMC World, has recently been posted (http://www.emcworld.com/images/Momentum_2011_Agenda-master4webpage.pdf). For this post, we thought we would highlight things we (TSG) or our typical clients attend. Overall, EMC has divided the sessions into “tracks” focused on Architecture/Best Practices, ECM, Software Developer, Information Governance, Case Management, User Group, Capture and Labs.
User Acceptance and Enterprise Content Management
In reviewing implementations of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) systems, one typical issue raised is how to balance the need to achieve User Acceptance of the system with IT goals in regards to reduced development and support. Too often, instead of a balance, the discussion can lead to an either or with Custom Development on one […]
4 Reasons SharePoint Implementations Fail
Introduction A well implemented SharePoint environment can be a major asset to an organization. Departments and teams can collaborate easily without filling their email quota sending files back and forth. Business processes can be automated and managers can easily measure and track records and business performance. Users can quickly find and filter relevant information. Unfortunately, […]
Documentum High Volume Server and Lightweight SysObjects – Lessons Learned
We just helped complete a major infrastructure effort for one of our clients leveraging the High Volume Server offering from Documentum . For this post, we will share lessons learned.
Documentum Webtop Customizations – What should you do next?
Webtop Customizations are a consistent source of concern for internal IT. Concerns range from level of development effort to upgrade cost and long-term support. Specific concerns include: Business changes and customizations must be redone when Webtop versions change Internal resource staffing and the need to retain Documentum programmers Documentum support for new releases This post […]
Documentum Links – Adding to SharePoint Lists or other Web Sites
Recently we visited a client that wanted to add links to Documentum documents to SharePoint. While the first solution was mostly “out of the box”, the client had TSG build a pretty innovative solution. For this post we will discuss the problem, initial solution and long-term solution for adding links to Documentum documents in SharePoint.
Enterprise Content Management Strategy and Service Orientated Architectures
I had a good conversation with an active TSG Blog reader this morning that I thought was worth sharing. The topic was on how best to leverage an ECM strategy for a life sciences company that is moving away from their first ECM platform and trying to map out the strategy going forward.
TSG Recruiting – Questions from 2010
TSG brought in college recruits in on October 28th for our office visits. Recruits came from a variety of colleges including Purdue, Notre Dame and University of Illinois. Part of their day was a briefing with our President and Founder – Dave Giordano. For this post, we will share some of their questions with answers […]