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Chris Zegers CIO Lowenstein Shy Alter Sr. Consultant ii3 Inc. Kick-off your KM Program with Enterprise Search Quick-Start Kathlyn Schweyer KRS Director Lowenstein Ali Shahidi Director of Knowledge Management Bingham McCutchen LLP Sponsored by:
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About ii3 Trusted consultants to law firms Knowledge and information management solutions From strategic planning to practical implementation: Enterprise search, DMS, Portals and more www.ii3.com
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Presentation Highlights KM is a competitive tool. KM tech is not just for large firms. Smaller firms should get in! Closer collaboration between CIOs and KM. Enterprise search - centerpiece of KM strategy. The least painful and highest return on KM. Your attorneys will love it!
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About Lowenstein | 1 275 Attorneys, 3 Offices VC Tech, Funds, Life Sciences, Bankruptcy
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About Lowenstein | 2 IT vision based on Firm vision of growth – Talent attraction and retention – Virtual office – Improve access to data – Agility
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About KM in the firm | 1 IT and KM unification is natural progression consistent with change from technology-driven to data-driven practice
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About KM in the firm | 2 Leverage who and what we know Improve the quality and efficiency of the services we provide to our clients The 5 Rs and KISS
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Enterprise Search in Lowenstein | 1 Firm-wide interviews Prioritization of needs Inadequate DMS search and retrieval Firm growth and information overload
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Enterprise Search in Lowenstein | 2 Focus on attorney-facing initiative Data normalization, NMI took a backseat Quick win in response to attorney feedback Pitched as resulting in improved client service Good first impression for KM in the firm
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Preparations | 1 Restricted search to FileSite client-matter folders Vetted search vendors
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Preparations | 2 We needed more than standard vendor demo Vetting of consultants Proceeding to a “deep” POC Infrastructure build-out before software purchase “Deep” POC Go/No Go Decision Point Firm Wide Pilot Rollout
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Implementation | Technology Full-crawl with our 18m objects produced POC Extensive security testing and exclusions Resolved indexing, UI and functionality issues
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Implementation | Pilot Log DB and Training materials Pilot of 12 attorneys + KRS + IT Pilot Feedback: names, concepts, field searching, confidential documents
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Implementation | Adoption Marketing blitz – Posters, Mailings, Intranet Prioritized outstanding issues Rollout and Training to Firm Gamefication of search Monthly tips, webinars and individual training
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Outcomes | Screen Sharing
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Adoption and Feedback | 1 Search branded as OneSearch from poll of pilot users Priority was access through Outlook Fast response time, accurate, easy to use; filters
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Adoption and Feedback | 1 87% adoption in 5 months; 73,000 searches IT Helpdesk service improved Partners can find needle in haystack Challenges: E-mail, sorting, field searching
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Outcomes | Future | 1 Expertise and Matters Search-driven apps; workflow; collaboration Data normalization Integrating sources NMI Seamless access to resources
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Outcomes | Future | 2 Context-specific information delivery Client driven Competitive Intelligence / Advantage Mobility Cloud Personalization Social media
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