Document Control

Document Control

Document Control is a critical process of controlling registration, review, distribution and transmission of documents in an organization.

Document Controller’s duties

•  Control the registration, filing, review, approval, distribution & transmission of documents & provide associated regular progress & performance reporting (expediting as required to eliminate delays)
•  Log, check / verify & transmit documentation to internal, external parties
• Ongoing monitoring, training & cleanup of documentation in the document management system
• Provide timely ad-hoc assistance to locate & retrieve project documents.
• Generate reports meaningful for management to make informed decisions.

Becoming a doc controller

http://www.aconex.com/document-control-course

Roles hierarchy in Doc Control

Document Control Manager

Lead Document Controller

Senior Document Controller

Document Controller

Junior Document Controller

Guide lines for Doc Controller

The Document Control Manager normally sets the guidelines and they are to do with document numbering, storing, archiving etc.

Useful links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Document_management_system
http://www.aiim.org/Resources/Archive/Magazine/2007-May-Jun/33461

Performance tunning and monitoring - Performance Corner

Good article

https://community.emc.com/docs/DOC-12038

Load balancing

http://www.loadbalancing.org/

Content Analytics

http://www.aiim.org/Research/Industry-Watch/content-analytics