Records Management Strategies for Success: the Records Management Society Conference 2005 | eGov monitor Records Management Strategies for Success: the Records Management Society Conference 2005 | eGov monitor: "The conference%u2019s theme was 'Strategies for Success', and the conference undoubtedly lived up to this theme. The focus of a large number of sessions was the future: the future of the profession, of the discipline and in particular the future of records management within individual organisations. In particular the conference addressed the fundamentals of building business cases and strategies to address the ever-growing problems of masses of paper and electronic documents and records. Although new and emerging technologies were not high on the conference%u2019s agenda, Alan Andolsen%u2019s startling introduction to emerging technologies was a notable exception %u2013 imagine a disc with the capacity of a hundred DVDs, or a computer the size of a pen, with a rollout screen!
The records management profession has been evolving rapidly in recent years, driving the need to question existing processes, models and standards at all levels. One of the most forward looking presentations this year was given by Gary Johnston, who introduced delegates to an alternative model for the design and implementation of records management systems. Gary discussed the concept of building quality into the design and implementation of records management systems, and proposed an alternative model to the accepted DIRKS and ISO 15489 standards. Gary claimed that this model would cause a reduction in the number of defects in the design and implementation of records management systems."  ¶ 08:33