Planning for Document-Centric Process Management
A Document-Centric Process Management System recognizes the key role documents play in the day-to-day operation of an organization. The benefits an organization can gain  from  a document-centric view of process can be realized through the implementation of a collaboration infrastructure that supplies documents (content) on demand and facilitates the creation and management of content as knowledge objects of enterprise processes. A Document-Centric Process Management System requires a Document Technology Architecture (DTA) that can efficiently manage the concurrent lifecycles of documents and process.   read more...

Enterprise Knowledge Portal Introduction                                           
An Enterprise Knowledge Portal (EKP) is a platform used to structure, organize, and manage the volume of documents that continually flows through an organization. It is also the vehicle used by an organization to deliver documents to knowledge workers in a standardized, controlled and consistent manner. This on-demand access to current corporate knowledge provides the knowledge worker with the most up-to-date information needed to execute business transactions, run business processes, manage resources, and analyze and synthesize enterprise knowledge.   read more...

EKP Terminology                                            
It is important to have a common understanding of key terms used when describing an Enterprise Knowledge Portal. The terms defined include document, content, content type, process, and Content Technology Architecture.   read more...

EKP Description
Enterprise Knowledge Portal (EKP) is a Web-based system that provides workers access to an organization's resources, processes and knowledge base. An EKP is designed to organize and store information, facilitate communications, optimize and drive business processes, and manage the flow and structure of information throughout the organization. EKPs define structures by which enterprise knowledge is captured, communicated and controlled.   read more...

Content Maturity Model

A maturity model is a useful tool for measuring the development or maturity of some aspect of an organization’s operation. The Content Maturity Model (CMM) is a proposed approach that identifies a set of methodologies for defining a content-centric organization as a series of maturity levels that ensures an adequate improvement has been made and forms a foundation for building more enterprise features and functionality. The Content Maturity Model provides an organization with a common language and a shared vision, a framework for prioritizing actions, and a way to define what improvement means. There are five stages or levels in the Content Maturity Model: Structured (Level 1), Content (Level 2), Strategic (Level 3), Context (Level 4), and Analytic (Level 5).  read more...