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Welcome to The Collaborative

A fresh new community for the Legal KM space

We are grateful to be a part of the legal technology and KM community, and have created this new platform in the hope that you’ll visit it often to gain new perspectives, insights and updates not just from us, but from trusted peers and industry experts. At The Collaborative, we believe access to, and organization of, data is imperative for both firm success and client satisfaction.

Setting the Tone for a KM Project

Legal Knowledge Management projects can fall apart before they start when there is no strategic value to the lawyers. When establishing a KM project, you must begin with the end in mind...
Taking Center Stage

Each month, hear from three KM industry leaders with unique perspectives discussing a hot topic, current challenge facing the industry or simply sharing a story.

Topic: When Did You Know Your KM Project Was Going Sideways?

Paul Saunders
Practice Innovation Partner, Stewart McKelvey

"When I was still a practicing lawyer, we were required to attend a training session on a new practice management application that promised to centralize all matter-specific content into a single platform. The software was being installed on our computers back in our offices at the same time. Panic ensued. We hadn’t been told why the software was necessary or how it would improve our practices, just that we were to use it..."
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Isidore Okoro
CIO, Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, PA

“I knew my project was about to head south when the firm sponsor admitted they didn’t realize it was already moving forward! I took a step back, made sure to overcommunicate and remind him of his approvals and the project timeline, and got us back on track. As we progressed, I took continued pulse of the project and ensured the sponsor was always in the loop of the full scope of the project.”
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Steve McHargue​
Solutions Architect, Aderant

"I have been involved in my share of unsuccessful KM projects. They all have a common denominator – poor communication. In one, the Lawyer Stakeholder, the KM Staff Leader and the Primary Developer all had a different vision of what the end result would be. In another, no one consulted with the CFO or his team on the finance piece, so when it got to his desk for approval, the entire project was scrapped."
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