How mature is your Archive?

The Four Key Business Processes

In order to evolve from one stage of archive development to the next, key business processes must be brought to bear. 

These include both Business and Archive Planning considerations in combination with Archive Operations designed to meet specific regulatory obligations, control risk and establish an overall code of best practice. 

Another area of critical importance is Infrastructure Management which selects specific software and hardware solutions and defines their long-term maintenance.  

> Business  Planning   

> Archive Plan and  Design   

> Archive  Operations   

> Infrastructure Management  

The first step in the archive assessment process for an organisation is to determine where their current archive strategy is positioned within the five archive stages.

With this established, they can concentrate their efforts on the four business processes essential to evolving their archive environment. 

The process has been designed specifically to help a company advance from a less mature to a more sophisticated archive stage in order to capitalize on the business and financial benefits of a truly integrated archive strategy.