Document Strategy – ARMA Magazine

Rethinking Records: How Smarter Strategies Are Unlocking Space, Security, and Savings for Law Firms

Written by Andrew Bikowski on November 16, 2025. Posted in Digital Transformation, Digitization, Document Strategy, Documents, Information Access, Information Governance, Legal, Physical Records Management, Records Management, Retention, Risk Management.

In an industry where every square foot and every second count, paper records are more than a legacy. They are a liability. While many law firms continue to manage sprawling records rooms and offsite storage contracts, a growing number are discovering...

Introducing the Information Governance Implementation Model (IGIM)

Written by ARMA International on December 31, 2019. Posted in Analytics, Archiving, Audit, Backup, Business Continuity, Business Intelligence, Capture, Change Management, Communications, Compliance, Content, Content Management, Content Services, Content Strategy, Data Analytics, Data Governance, Data Management, Data Storage, Digital Preservation, Digital Transformation, Discovery / eDiscovery, Disposition, Document Management, Document Strategy, Electronic Records Management, Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Enterprise File Synchronization & Sharing, Enterprise Search, Featured, Foundational Concepts, Imaging, Information Access, Information Analytics, Information Architecture, Information Assurance, Information Governance, Information Management, Information Security (Information Protection), Information Technology, Interoperability, Knowledge Management, Knowledge Strategy, Legal, Metadata, Metrics, Migration, Mobility, Native Creation / Upload, On-Premises, Physical Records Management, Privacy, Process Automation, Process Management, Records Management, Records Strategy, Retention, Retention Management, Scanning, Search, Taxonomy, Vital Records, Web Content Management, Workflow.

This year, ARMA International released the Information Governance Implementation Model (IGIM), beta version. There are, of course, other information governance (IG) models available to the community, each looking at IG through a different lens. Why...

A Pair of Foundational Concepts

Written by Nick Inglis on June 25, 2019. Posted in Content, Content Management, Content Strategy, Data, Data Governance, Data Management, Document Management, Document Strategy, Documents, Information, Information Governance, Information Management, Knowledge, Knowledge Management, Knowledge Strategy, Records, Records Management, Records Strategy.

The following is an excerpt from the ARMA Guide to the Information Profession. Words matter and word choices matter. In any profession that is looking to move forward in maturity, there are often vernacular issues that make gaining a comprehensive...

Mapping Document Management Processes (Leveraging an Information Lifecycle)

Written by ARMA International on April 23, 2019. Posted in Archiving, Capture, Collaboration, Data Storage, Discovery / eDiscovery, Disposition, Document Management, Document Strategy, Documents, Process Management.

(The following is an excerpt from an ARMA White Paper “Reviving Document Management: How the Knowledge and Experience of Document Management Can be Leveraged for Organizational Improvement“, sponsored by Access.) Processes...

‘Alexa, Fix My Records!’ A Look at AI in the Information Profession

Written by Jeff Hutchings on March 19, 2019. Posted in Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Content Analytics, Data Analytics, Document Management, Document Strategy, Documents, Electronic Records Management, Information Analytics, Information Governance, Information Management, Machine Learning, Manufacturing, Metadata, Records, Records Management.

To many people, “artificial intelligence” is a bit of an oxymoron. It is the suggestion that we can create something that then can be creative on its own. If intelligence is the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills, requiring a measure...