Comments on: Does IT matter in law firms? http://www.jasonplant.co.uk/2009/07/does-it-matter-in-law-firms/ A law blog written by someone from IT or an IT blog written by someone who works for a law firm Thu, 4 Mar 2010 11:09:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Making the Case for e-Discovery Project Management « Electronic Discovery Project Management http://www.jasonplant.co.uk/2009/07/does-it-matter-in-law-firms/comment-page-1/#comment-2738 Making the Case for e-Discovery Project Management « Electronic Discovery Project Management Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:26:08 +0000 http://www.jasonplant.co.uk/2009/07/does-it-matter-in-law-firms/#comment-2738 [...] much should attorneys rely on IT to perform litigation project management? This post from the U.K. gives some food for [...] [...] much should attorneys rely on IT to perform litigation project management? This post from the U.K. gives some food for [...]

]]> By: Stephen Lee http://www.jasonplant.co.uk/2009/07/does-it-matter-in-law-firms/comment-page-1/#comment-1708 Stephen Lee Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:30:12 +0000 http://www.jasonplant.co.uk/2009/07/does-it-matter-in-law-firms/#comment-1708 I feel that companies will be looking at IT primarily to help them grow. At the Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston, system implementers were commenting on how C level executives want to see return on investment (or signs of it) within 6 months. I've been told by some in the industry that 10 years ago, this wasn't the case. As this recession rolls on, I feel the key will be to do more with less. At best it means adoption of new technologies that help law firms grow, such as acquire new clients, without a heavy up front investment. Of course, any effort must be justified. Fortunately, getting new clients is a metric that is easy to measure. I feel that companies will be looking at IT primarily to help them grow. At the Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston, system implementers were commenting on how C level executives want to see return on investment (or signs of it) within 6 months. I’ve been told by some in the industry that 10 years ago, this wasn’t the case. As this recession rolls on, I feel the key will be to do more with less. At best it means adoption of new technologies that help law firms grow, such as acquire new clients, without a heavy up front investment. Of course, any effort must be justified. Fortunately, getting new clients is a metric that is easy to measure.

]]> By: Jason http://www.jasonplant.co.uk/2009/07/does-it-matter-in-law-firms/comment-page-1/#comment-1702 Jason Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:58:03 +0000 http://www.jasonplant.co.uk/2009/07/does-it-matter-in-law-firms/#comment-1702 Great articles! I agree with your last point regarding IT People we do need to do this. But I think that the "workers" (as the article refers to them) need to live up to their billing in the first article, that "the average worker becoming more tech savvy". No more badge of honour "I don't do IT" workers! Great articles!

I agree with your last point regarding IT People we do need to do this. But I think that the “workers” (as the article refers to them) need to live up to their billing in the first article, that “the average worker becoming more tech savvy”. No more badge of honour “I don’t do IT” workers!

]]> By: Ryan Alban http://www.jasonplant.co.uk/2009/07/does-it-matter-in-law-firms/comment-page-1/#comment-1699 Ryan Alban Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:13:05 +0000 http://www.jasonplant.co.uk/2009/07/does-it-matter-in-law-firms/#comment-1699 It will be Interesting. Your thinking reminded me of these two articles (which I could not find anywhere except Google cache): http://bit.ly/pbUzN http://bit.ly/5IVTL Perhaps we should spend less time thinking of ourselves as IT people, and more time acting as business people who happen to know a great deal about IT. It will be Interesting.
Your thinking reminded me of these two articles (which I could not find anywhere except Google cache):

http://bit.ly/pbUzN
http://bit.ly/5IVTL

Perhaps we should spend less time thinking of ourselves as IT people, and more time acting as business people who happen to know a great deal about IT.

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