Tag: quality control

Finding the Solution Outside of the Box

"Think outside the box." As sayings go, it's probably over used and you probably do not think much about it when you actually have a problem to solve. Recently, an industry report pointed out how challenging it is to find and hire e-discovery professionals with good (or better) problem solving skills.  Electronic discovery projects present … Continue reading Finding the Solution Outside of the Box →

How to Manage an ESI Review Team

The following links point to a series of posts from the E-Discovery Daily Blog. The focus of the content walks you step by step in best practices for managing an e-discovery document review team. 1.       Introduction 2.       Clearly Define Objectives 3.       Get a Handle on the Document Collection 4.       First Steps in Drafting Criteria 5.       … Continue reading How to Manage an ESI Review Team →

Strategic Legal Technology :: Legal Project Management (LPM) Overview [Live Blog Post]

Need to distinguish between process improvement and LPM. Ideally, firms would improve processes before focusing on project management. But in reality, many firms have gotten on the LPM bandwagon first. Hypothesis is that LPM is less culturally challenging than is process improvement. But LPM does not in and of itself lead to efficient execution of … Continue reading Strategic Legal Technology :: Legal Project Management (LPM) Overview [Live Blog Post] →

Review Guide « The Electronic Discovery Reference Model

EDRM Document Review Workflow Chart Aim: To gain an understanding of document content while organizing them into logical sub-sets in an efficient and cost effective manner. Goal: Develop facts, reduce risk, reduce cost, leverage technology, facilitate collaboration and communication. via Review Guide « The Electronic Discovery Reference Model. This is a pretty in-depth overview of … Continue reading Review Guide « The Electronic Discovery Reference Model →

Self-Collection Prohibited in Delaware & Why Self-Collection is a Bad Idea for ESI

On the issue of self-collection, when the Court says not to "rely on a defendant to search their own e-mail system" and "we don't rely on people who are defendants to decide what documents are responsive," I believe the Court refers specifically to the practice of a client acting as document reviewer and sole arbiter … Continue reading Self-Collection Prohibited in Delaware & Why Self-Collection is a Bad Idea for ESI →

Will Agile Project Management Practices Reduce the Risk on Your e-Discovery Project? « Electronic Discovery Project Management

What are the risks for every project? The folks at Project Smart list six common risks for any sort of project: Unrealistic Customer Expectations and Developer Gold-Plating Insufficient Customer Involvement Poor Impact Analysis Scope Creep Defective Requirements New Processes and Tools How would we manage these risks within the context of electronic discovery? via Will … Continue reading Will Agile Project Management Practices Reduce the Risk on Your e-Discovery Project? « Electronic Discovery Project Management →

Failure to Test Keywords by Sampling a Prominent Consideration in Court’s Finding of Waiver : Electronic Discovery Law

Keyword searching is a task which requires using technology. As a best practice you should make sure you allow enough time in your project management plan to test and perform quality control measures on your search results. You must have a methodology in place to which you apply the technology you have available. Not the … Continue reading Failure to Test Keywords by Sampling a Prominent Consideration in Court’s Finding of Waiver : Electronic Discovery Law →

e-discovery 2.0 » Searching… TREC Legal Track

e-discovery 2.0 » Blog Archive » Electronic Discovery, EDiscovery, E-Discovery, Legal Discovery. Clearwell Systems has been keeping up with the latest discussion and trends in searching thanks to its participation in the TREC Legal Track. Here they discuss and link to the latest white paper which analyzes "the task of producing specific records in response … Continue reading e-discovery 2.0 » Searching… TREC Legal Track →