Towards a transparent and controlled CM Process

In the first postings I considered the one-way content management process of creation, management and publication. In the next stage I introduced a demand-driven process, like was introduced in supply chain management. Now we are finally ready to look at transparency and control for content management.

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Demand-driven content management

Each month in ‘Filosofie Magazine’ another euphemism is discussed. This month it is ‘creating for yourself’. The author warns for artists who claim only to create for themselves, claim independence of acknowledgement by others. They only take cover for rejection. For what is more dissatisfying than creating something nobody values? And, vice versa, what is more satisfying than creating something that you already know will be used by others?

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@ Gilbane2008

Finally, some free time to write something about my trip to Boston where I visited the Gilbane Conference. Lots of interesting speakers there, on content management and globalization, the free commons, Yahoo rich content and proof that Twitter really is everywhere…

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A winning combination of 2 successful ECM approaches

Often when supporters of two methodological approaches meet, you see a clash and the discussion soon resolves to the level of ‘mine is bigger than yours’, however intricately versed. But this time something different happened. Opposites did attract and people found each other and are looking for a way to find the winning combination for an ECM approach.?

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The company’s knowledge at your fingertips

Last week I was at an Open Innovation session in Amsterdam discussing how to organize innovation in your company other than by depending on serendipity. How do you go about organizing an agile and up-to-date portfolio for your company? How do you ensure optimal use of your company’s intellectual resources?

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One of my current work places is an IT department. A rather large IT department with about 100 guys working on Content Management. I have been involved in a number of projects now over the years and I proposed to strike a few words from our vocabulary. I am pretty sure this will help a lot in getting to solutions that actually work after the famous go-live date.

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