Steps to take to begin improving the way your organization manages and reuses content.

1. STEPS TO
MANAGING AND
REUSING
CONTENT

2. Improving the way your organization manages and
reuses content
• improves employee performance
• facilitates compliance
• reduces costs
• enhances productivity, and
• improves operational efficiency.
Following these 5 Steps will help you get started.

3. • Are they operating as “silos”?
1
IDENTIFY DIFFERENT AREAS
OF THE ORGANIZATION
THAT FOLLOW
SIMILAR PROCESSES
Get them started
sharing content and
best practices.

4. LOOK CLOSELY AT SYSTEMS
BEING SHARED THROUGHOUT
THE ORGANIZATION
2
Reusing the
content could
help drive
down costs.
• Does everyone use these systems
in consistent, efficient ways?
• Is standardized system training
available?

5. EXAMINE HOW DIFFERENT
AREAS CREATE, STORE
AND MANAGE CONTENT
• How difficult is it for employees
to find and understand the
content they need?
• How is the content kept current?
• Is a content standard in place?
3
Identifying best
practices would
help everyone.

6. 4
LOOK FOR “HIGH-PAYOFF”
OPPORTUNITIES TO
CENTRALIZE CONTROL
OF CONTENT
• Which areas would benefit
most by implementing
CMS?
Convince
management by
demonstrating
potential for ROI.

7. PROMOTE A CULTURE
OF SHARING
• What are the best ways to ensure
that everyone is aware of process
improvements and best practices?
5
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8. INFORMATION MAPPING CAN HELP!
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• Content audits
• Modularization and structuring of content
• Creation of content architectures
• Design of content standards, model documents and
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