When can a “big bucket” or large aggregation flexible schedule be used?
There are several considerations that help determine when it is most appropriate to use a “big bucket” or large aggregation flexible schedule: a. The agency can clearly identify its mission and the work processes or business functions that allow it to accomplish that mission and wants to manage its records in the context of its work process or business functions. b. The agency wants to simplify all or part of its records control schedule by providing consistent or uniform disposition instructions (e.g. “harmonizing” disposition) to bodies of like records. c. The agency is able to clearly identify records in each business process or functional area in all media and all formats. d. The agency wants to manage their records in the context of their work processes or business functions rather than by individual records series or electronic systems. e. The agency is in need of simplifying all or part of its business processes, and wishes to reduce the number of individual disposition instruct
