Monday, July 30, 2007

THE DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT WORKFLOW PROJECT

The DMW project is a meaningful activity that entails a proof of management of technology. Everyday different forms, different kinds and different faces of documents are generated. Some are consciously organized, some are not. Examples of these documents are:
o A feature article contributed by a reader and is routed to and from the editorsA thesis abstract
o A birth or marriage certificateA criminal case filed against a person
o A cover page of magazine with various images and layouts
o A project evaluation form
The DMW Project as the culminating requirement in the Moftech course entails the following
1. Finding a small size office that manages documents manually or semi-electronically;
2. Identifying possible shift from manual to digital and/or electronic form of data/image capturing, organizing, storing and retrieving and inclusion of other possible management activities;
3. The document involved requires a routing process to several users;
4. The other management activities involved may be versioning of the document or involved a workflow process/changes or involved archiving;
5. The output requires a process flow analysis of the existing and the proposed, new document workflow using process flow diagrams (everyone is encouraged to use UML);
6. The output is also expected to exhibit proposed screen designs to further appreciate the workflow process;
7. The output should explain the method of file repository, how to capture the digital and printed form of the documents and the online method of storing/viewing of the document;
8. The study groups may refer to the following as web references:

Workflow reference

http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=workflow&i=54851,00.asp

Document imaging

http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=document+imaging&i=41646,00.asp

DMS demo

http://ccdemo.ademero.com/Search/Search.aspx

9. The study groups may confine their final project to the management of text documents. Management of image or audio documents will be optional.

10. The study groups are expected to present and discuss the merits of their design and the proposed workflow automation.