KM World Presentation

For the second year in a row I had an abstract (below) accepted for KMWorld. My presentation will be on November 16. Its really fun to talk about how things really work. Most of the other presentations talk in glowing terms about the technology, where I will focus more on the people aspects of implementation along with seeing how technology measures up to expectations.

From planning to reality: Implementing content management

In March 2005, the Awwa Research Foundation began implementing the Stellent content management solution. This implementation represents the culmination of a two-year organizational readiness effort and is considered a key component of AwwaRF's knowledge management initiative.

This presentation will provide "real-world" advice in preparing an organization to embrace content management. Practical tips and lessons learned will be provided on obtaining staff and management buy-in, understanding business needs, and developing practical system requirements. Moving from design to reality will also be discussed, with issues such as training, migration of files, and implementation of the metadata model.