Why Document Management?
For medium and large law firms, with tens or hundreds of thousands of documents, using a document management program to organize, index and control their documents is an absolute necessity. Many smaller firms, however, do not see the need. They feel that with a well thought out directory structure they can have adequate access to their documents. They argue that any added functionality offered by document management programs is not worth the expense of additional hardware and software, training, and administration. This article details some of the advantages document management offers even a small law firm. Naturally, there is a wide range of opinion concerning what features are needed and which are “superfluous” bells and whistles. However, keep in mind that very often when a feature that might otherwise be considered an “extra” is needed, it is very badly needed. How Document Management Works In a document management system, each document is assigned a profile sheet which typically c
