To IMO, or not to IMO Olga Christofi, July 2013
A little about Farrer & Co National firm, one London office 350 personnel including 220 lawyers 60% of clients are private clients InterAction since 2005, with a reasonably good buy-in Marketing Systems/CRM team = 2 people
About the project Desktop upgrade – Windows 7, MS Office, Outlook 2010, IMO and new e-filing system Timeline: Summer 2012 – preparation and testing Oct 2012 – pilot Nov-Dec 2012 – firm-wide roll-out
Training users on the IMO Initial introduction to the IMO was included in the desktop training. Follow-up by CRM team: one-to-one desk-side sessions with individual users. Jane Tarnoff
Things to consider… Are you ready? - technical requirements - resources - appetite for more engagement
Things to consider… Screen properties and Outlook set-up 17-inch screen 21.5-inch screen with full usage of side toolbars with only IMO Too busy, users tend to close IMO IMO not intrusive
Things to consider… Synched appointments – not editable –Incomplete appointments (when not sent externally) –Private client (no address) –Confidential notes
Things to consider…
A few more things which users are not very keen on: 1. Too easy to close down.
Things to consider… 2. Mutual connections as default
Things to consider… 3. Business address vs mailing address
Enough negatives! It has been a success! No serious stability or speed issues Users genuinely like it: –Hurrah! It's in Outlook! –It's easy to use and intuitive –It's got nice features, ie Alerts, quick contact updates –It makes sense!
What users say "I can now see myself using InterAction" previously reluctant partner "This is really good! I can see all information in my Outlook. So much better than the other InterAction" secretary "OMG! Now all partners are having a play! There're going to be lots of tickets!" Team data steward