RIM professionals must be involved in the acquisition and development of new IT systems to ensure recordkeeping requirements are built in, not bolted on.
Integrating retention and metadata rules during the procurement phase prevents costly compliance failures down the road.
- Is RIM currently a mandatory sign-off on new software purchases in your organization?
- How much time do you spend trying to retroactively apply retention to systems that weren't built for it?
Action Item: Send an email to procurement requesting a RIM