Brainstorming Session Number Two + Where Do We Go With EDRM?
Challenges facing EDRM will continue to evolve as technology and requirements change. However, there are two common challenges that will need to be addressed regardless of the evolution of technology and requirements. These two challenges are Education and Training.
To address these challenges in an optimal fashion, it appears important to view them from one of three key perspectives. These three key perspectives are the legal professional perspective, the IT professional perspective, and the project management perspective. In the course of this afternoon’s discussion, one of the first perspectives discussed was that of project management.
As a precursor to truly drilling down on project management education and training– one of the first questions posed to the group was “How does one organize project management activities to begin to plan for education and training?” As the discussion evolved, three common categorizations of activities were submitted to the group as a framework for project management task organization. These categorizations – otherwise referred to as “practice ranges”, are provided below:
Practice Ranges
- Central Practices: What needs to be done?
- Best Practices: How does it need to be done?
- Comprehensive Practices: How does one do things holistically?
After considering the practice ranges as a framework for project management task organization, the next question submitted for discussion was centered on measuring of these practices.
How does one measure these practice areas?
While the definition of specific tasks in each practice area still requires definition, it is clear the evaluation criteria for each of these practice areas has a time component, a money component, and a volume component.
In addition to discussing evaluation criteria considerations, reference was made – but not fully discussed - as to one of the underlying questions about the EDRM mission - that being “Is EDRM a project designed to tell people how to do things or is it a project designed to provide tools to help people do the things that need to be done?”
Great discussion, great ideas - looking forward to the final brainstorming session of the day.
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