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- January 21st
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Right-Thinking E-Discovery Project Management – Law.com
Law.comRight-Thinking E-Discovery Project ManagementLaw.comE-discovery, however, throws a curveball at the intellectually routine practice of law. And evidence shows that lawyers are not prepared or not willing to manage the granular tasks necessary to…
posted at 2:07am on Jan 21st
- January 17th
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Legal Project Management in Spain
Is legal-project management gaining traction in Spain? If Anna Marra has any say in the matter it will. Anna recently published an article in Lawyer Press, an on-line, Spanish-language publication for lawyers. I don’t read Spanish, but could make out most of the article using Google Translate. The article provides a brief introduction to LPM, why lawyers should use it and how they can deploy it it and apply it to their daily activities. Anna also mentioned in a recent discussion posted to the PMI LPM Community Group on LinkedIn that she is writing a book on the subject.Related articlesLPM 2012 and…
posted at 6:04am on Jan 17th
- January 9th
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In Search of the Industry Standard
Have you ever received a detailed project estimate from a service provider and wondered how they came up with it? I have. Unless you provided them your client specific data assumptions, they likely used “industry standards” to fill in the blanks. Hmmm. Where did these industry standards come from and how accurate are they?
posted at 10:30am on Jan 9th
- December 27th
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LPM 2012 and Beyond: Legal Project Management Grows Up
It is that time of the year again: this is the time when the blawgosphere looks back at the past year and prognosticates what the year ahead holds for the legal industry. Those of you who follow this blog will know that I’m not generally one for reading tea leaves. This year, however, I have decided to share my thoughts on how I think LPM will develop over the next few years, based upon the experiences of other industries and the history of modern project management. I hope you find it interesting and I wish you and yours health, happiness,…
posted at 7:18pm on Dec 27th
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Practical QC in eDiscovery
One key element for transforming your eDiscovery from an ad hoc reactive fire drill into a mature, proactive business process is the development and implementation of formal Quality Assurance(QA) and Quality Control(QC). I have always viewed QA as tackling ongoing process improvement such as regular cross case comparisons, while QC tends to be checking on did the process perform properly. Basically, how can we make the process better versus did everything work right? When interviewing corporate client eDiscovery teams, everyone is conscious of the need for QA/QC, but the vast majority seem to feel that it is impractical or unrealistic given their tight deadlines, lack of resources and typical fire-fighter mentality. Some law firm clients have swung to the opposite extreme, with elaborate workflow, check lists, physical chain of custody forms and more. Their QC has grown out of reasonable proportion and their productivity suffers because their overall QA has been neglected. So how do we achieve a reasonable quality process without bringing the legal process to a halt?
posted at 10:02am on Dec 27th
- November 29th
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Response to “Has eDiscovery Disenfranchised Our Paralegals?”
I was happy to see Greg Buckles’ post Has eDiscovery Disenfranchised Our Paralegals. The answer is, wholeheartedly, YES! So, why am I happy? I am happy because someone finally brought the topic up publicly. It is a very real problem that the legal industry needs to address. Instead, however, we seem to be treating the subject as taboo or simply shrugging our shoulders. Buckles correctly identified the problem and how it came into existence. It happened without anyone noticing. The disconnect between paralegals and the litigation support process has caused significant tension within legal teams. In my experience, this holds true in both law firms and in-house legal departments, as well as between outside and in-house counsel. Buckles also correctly identified the solution: improved chain of custody processes that keep the stakeholders engaged and informed through every step of evidence [...]
posted at 4:37pm on Nov 29th
- November 22nd
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Announcing the eDJ Peer Group
This is my first entry as a contributor to the eDiscoveryJournal so I wanted to make it special with an announcement about a new initiative I’m leading with the eDJ Group. While you and I may not have met yet and we may not have met the other professionals that are reading this blog at the very same time, we are all bonded by this special community of eDiscovery and information governance professionals. Wouldn’t you agree that we could all grow from each other’s knowledge? Of course we could!
The ability to share knowledge, pain points, successes and challenges, and state of the market with peers is invaluable. The challenges, however, include: opportunity, confidentiality, competition and facilitation. In recognizing both the need for knowledge sharing in our industry and the challenges associated therewith, eDiscovery Journal and eDJ Group have created the “eDJ Peer Group” and I am proud to lead its launch.
posted at 10:20am on Nov 22nd
- November 17th
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e-Discovery Project Management presentation at Litigation Summit and Expo
Over the past year, legal project management has become a popular topic at e-discovery conferences, legal education courses and white papers. A recent example could be found at the Litigation Summit and Expo (#LITSUM) held this week (Nov. 15-16). The s…
posted at 1:29pm on Nov 17th
- November 4th
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First, Wrestle the Gator in the Boat
A sharp client recently said, “Let’s wrestle the alligator in the boat before we tackle the rest of them.” That pithy statement allowed the rest of his team to let go of the ancillary challenges that kept distracting everyone from the immediate goal that we were there to resolve. Face it, enterprise information governance or true discovery maturity is an unattainable goal. That does not mean that we should give up. Instead it means that we must strive to identify and prioritize the initiatives that we CAN attain so that we stay within the corporations idea of acceptable risk, cost and capabilities. There is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ definition of litigation readiness. For unregulated corporations with a minimal litigation profile, solid preservation and a proven mix of firm and providers may give them everything they need. Serial litigants may require a full litigation support department with processing, hosted review and production capabilities to control ESI and costs. You cannot create and implement enterprise wide systems in the blink of an eye, no matter what that rep assured you over the second bottle of Zinfandel.
posted at 1:55pm on Nov 4th
- October 10th
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ACC Presents "Project Management for the In-house Law Department"
The Association of Corporate Counsel is presenting a two-day program on project management for the in-house lawyers on November 8th and 9th. Title: "Project Management for the In-house Law Department" Format/Location: Executive Leadership Center, Boston University School of Management in Boston, MA. For hotel and travel information, see: http://www.acc.com/education/businessedu/lodging.cfm Cost: ACC Members: 1,632 USD; Non-members: $1,927 USD Organizations: Association of Corporate Counsel Description: Projects are increasingly the way that work gets done in companies of all types and sizes. In this new program you will learn the strategic dimensions of project management, including critical aspects of project definition, planning, execution,…
posted at 2:35am on Oct 10th