August 4th, 2009
Boosting Enterprise Content Management Adoption Tip #1
Make top management as happy as this guy about your ECM solution (Source: maximizepossibility.com)
It’s a sad fact that enterprise content management just doesn’t get enough love. Implementing an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) system is one thing, but getting people to use it is another thing entirely. It’s our job, as ECM advocates, to alleviate the culture shock our decidedly less sophisticated staff may experience upon encountering this new approach to work.
There are many ways you can help increase user adoption in your organization, but let’s start off with something basic. One way to increase user adoption of ECM implementations is to start at the top. Because ECM projects often alter your business’s fundamental processes, employees may be reluctant to adopt them. Getting executive support can do wonders for your cause.
Check back for more on strategies for spreading the ECM gospel far and wide.
