Kirsten, Rob,
Invu is an established EDM system. It has been on the market for many
years.
Invu is marketed as an EDM solution. So far as I know, it is not an ERM
or EDRM system, and would not purport to have RM functionality. For
that reason it is not, and could not be, approved or accredited by TNA,
DOD etc. It does claim an accreditation from ICAEW (Institute of
Chartered Accountants of England & Wales, an "obvious" place to seek
expertise on EDM you might think...); but the ICAEW testing and approval
scheme is laughable (at least it was when last I looked at it).
Despite this accreditation, there is a good chance that Invu is
perfectly fine for straightforward user-driven EDM applications, as are
many entry-level products. You can find many, many such others at
http://www.doconsite.co.uk/DirectoryPages/Systems/dmsbysupp.cfm.
Marc Fresko
EDM & ERM Consulting Services Director
Cornwell Management Consultants plc
Home Barn Court, The Street
Effingham, Surrey KT24 5LG
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Company.
-----Original Message-----
From: The UK Records Management mailing list
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Lovejoy
Sent: 11 August 2006 03:22
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Invu
Not that their website says a lot.
Alarm bells rang for me when I read "Someone in our organisation is keen
on signing up with them but we don't know that much about the system" in
the original request. Why are they keen on signing up? Have they read
something in an in-flight magazine, seen an ad in the press, or have
they done an analysis of your needs and evaluated other systems? Do they
know someone who is selling the system (this happens - sad but true)?
Before thinking about implementing any record keeping system, you need
to ask yourself "Has the system undergone assessment by an impartial
third party, such as The National Archives or the US Department of
Defense?". I am not suggesting that systems which have not been assessed
are worse than systems that have, it just gives you a greater degree of
confidence in the product. Probably the most important question to
answer is "will this system meet our needs, both now and into the
future?"
Does the system conform with specification laid down by TNA or DoD, or
even an entirely different jurisdiction altogether (insert plug for the
National Archives of Australia's Functional Specifications for
Electronic Records Management Systems Software at
http://www.naa.gov.au/recordkeeping/er/erms/specifications.html).
Before laying out any amount of money, you need to be assured that you
are getting the best value for that money. That rule holds true no
matter if you are a government agency, a business, a non-profit
organisation or you are just buying something for your own personal use.
John Lovejoy
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Despite blatant plug, this message should be construed as coming from
me, no one else.
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Kurilecz [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 12:07 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Invu
On 8/10/06, Kirsten Guthrie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Has anyone come across or used a system called Invu for document
> management?
don't know anything about them but here is their website
http://www.invu.net/
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