My apologies in advance but I really do have difficulty with this concept. I
do not know of any certification and fail to understand its potential value.
I don't have a copy of ISO 15489-2:2001 available for reference but my
understanding was that ISO 15489-2:2001 was a process for determining
records keeping limitations within an existing organisation and a method for
determining the shortfalls and for building an action plan to remedy those
shortfalls followed by a quality review circle at the end. This defines a
development procedure (which could be encompassed under a PRINCE II project
management regime) rather than a review of an organisation's processes and,
as such, is a one-off (but repeatable) rather than on ongoing process. Any
evaluation process is valid if the result is valid and the only way to judge
that is to repeat the evaluation!
My second problem is with ISO 15489 as a concept. This is a process to
determine records keeping requirements but surely this is the tail wagging
the dog. If the data capture and document management procedures are in place
(which is where you can really improve business efficiency and reduce cost)
then records management rules are a natural extension. I guess it was the
archivists who wrote ISO 15489 rather than those responsible for the day to
day business!
Sorry, it's only Monday but roll on Friday!
David Aspinall
Datum Solutions Limited
Datum House
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Hampshire
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-----Original Message-----
From: The UK Records Management mailing list
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Sent: 29 November 2004 17:01
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Subject: ISO 15489 Certification
I am aware of the provisions of Section 5 of ISO 15489-2:2001 which is
concerned with the Monitoring and Auditing of records management systems
and operations, but does anybody know of any formal certification scheme
for an organisations record management practices as being compliant with
ISO 15489? Or organisations that would under take such a certification? I
am interested in the position in the rest of Europe as well
Regards,
Paul
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Paul Hetherington
Unisys Ltd
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