Document Strategy

DOCUMENT Strategy is a highly focused media company dedicated to the professional development of executives, directors, and managers involved in the core areas of Communications, Enterprise Content Management, and Information Management strategies. Its serious editorial mission focuses on the key pillars of every organization—Strategy, Governance, Process, and Technology—in order to speak to individual stakeholders within the organization while helping to create a strategic vision across all departments. 

Publications

What Is a Document?

Document management has become one of the most elusive business concerns of the information age. Those that aggressively seek to improve operations are now finding that their document production and management...

The Importance of an Enterprise Document Strategy

Document management is such an enormous subject that it is very difficult for any organization to effectively wrap its arms around the entire system and successfully improve it. However, the document is...

Who Really Owns the Strategy: Content Strategy Q&A with John Knotts & Joe Shepley

EDITOR'S NOTE: One of the questions I receive the most from readers is, "How do you build content and/or document strategies in the enterprise that will succeed?" Too often, the complexity around document...

The Top Tangible Goals & Major Obstacles of Your Strategy: Content Strategy Q&A with John Knotts & Joe Shepley

QUESTION: What are the top tangible goals of a document strategy? What are the major obstacles to avoid along this journey? Tangible goals: The book Designing a Document Strategy...

How to Sell Your Strategy: Content Strategy Q&A with John Knotts & Joe Shepley

QUESTION: What are some best practices or steps in selling the document strategy, especially if it supersedes other strategies and is only subordinate to the overall business strategy? The...

Building a Strategic Framework: Content Strategy Q&A with John Knotts & Joe Shepley

Question: Can you give an example of what a strategic framework for a document strategy would include? What are some short-term and long-term goals? I explain in my blog post,...

How to Partner with Your IT/Development Resources: Content Strategy Q&A with John Knotts & Joe Shepley

Question: How do you partner with the IT/development resources for your capture platform during the process of designing or optimizing forms? So, this is a tactical solution to...

The Difference Between Tactical and Strategic: Content Strategy Q&A with John Knotts & Joe Shepley

Question: When creating a strategy, what’s the difference between the tactical side of the strategy or the strategic side? How do I determine what’s really important? I'm...