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Scoping out possible document management solutions
Subject:Scoping out possible document management solutions From:Raymond Chénier <ray -at- PEAC -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 25 Jul 1997 15:42:06 -0400
Hello
We are a consulting/software development company with a rapidly growing
training division. I am beginning to look at possible solutions for
implementing document management before we end up in a bigger mess... :-)
We have people who develop courseware using various tools on different
platforms. Because many things are done at the last minute, not much
thought is going into future ramifications of not having some type of
system in place.
Our training courses are of particular concern. We would want a solution
that could handle this:
1. Courses, modules, types of info within a module, could be treated as
information objects and called on demand.
2. Because we tailor courses for clients, we may for example want to
create a course containing modules from programming, ooad, and
architecture module objects (contained within course objects). The
automatic creation of toc, index, etc, is, of course, desirable.
We are a Microsoft Developer Network/Microsoft Office integrated company
and we run UNIX and NT 4.0 servers. We may look at getting in-house senior
programmers to look at the problem. I, in the meantime, am taking this
opportunity to look at SGML and any existing solutions/systems already out
there.
I am the only full-time tech writer here, and asking outside people to
deliver docs to me in Frame or other good tools is like pulling teeth.
I love the initial process of research into possible solutions and I thank
anyone with feedback in advance.
Raymond Chenier
Lead Writer/Trainer
PEAC/Zenith
Ottawa, Ontario
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