Management Information Technology

Goodwin Procter (KMS) Case Hints

Dr. Saluti

Background:

Paragraph 1 - History of corporation and famous early cases

Paragraph 2 – How GP established its high ethical standards in 1914 in dealing with the Ponzi scheme. Explain why this is important for the resolution of this case because GP does not want to overcharge clients (billable hours) for inefficient research work due to poor computer systems.

Paragraph 3 – Describe GP today - How many offices worldwide and where are they located? How many lawyers and how many legal assistants?

Paragraph 4 – What specific types of cases does GP handle today? What was the 2019 dollar revenue figure and what percentage did it increase from 2018? (Smith, 2020)

Paragraph 5 – Explain why GP needs a KMS – how many offices, system users, terabytes of data, number of cases, and how many millions of documents? (D’Auria, 2008) How has this made case research ineffective and unethically raised billable hours?

Paragraph 6 – Define KMS in detail and explain its advantages for GP. (HubSpot)

Issue:

Here is your Issue – What Knowledge Management System should Goodwin Procter implement?

Alternatives:

Here are some alternative KMS that you may want to consider:

1. Google Drive

2. Confluence

3. AbacusNext

4. Workzone

5. Huddle

6. Microsoft SharePoint

Analysis of Alternatives:

Alternative 1 Google Drive is Suboptimal.

Elaborate on why it is Suboptimal (Pay, 2018), (Jrwebdes, 2020)

Alternative 2 Confluence is Suboptimal.

Elaborate on why it is Suboptimal (Gibson, 2019), (Patankar, 2020)

Alternative 3 AbacusNext is Suboptimal.

Elaborate on why it is Suboptimal (AbacusLaw Law Practice Management Software Review, 2020)

Alternative 4 Workzone is Suboptimal.

Elaborate on why it is Suboptimal (Pardo-Bunte, 2020), (Bistricean, C., 2014), (Sanford, C., 2015)

Alternative 5 Huddle is Suboptimal.

Elaborate on why it is Suboptimal (Huddle.com), (Huddle Reviews)

Alternative 6 Microsoft SharePoint is Optimal.

Elaborate on why it is Optimal (Top 10 Benefits)

Recommendation:

This report recommends Microsoft SharePoint for the following reasons:

· Reason

· Reason

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Referencess:

Make sure that each Reference has a Citation in parentheses in the body of your Report. Use APA format to create the Reference in English, followed by the research link (website, etc.). Here is an example:

AbacusLaw Law Practice Management Software Review (2020, July 01). Retrieved November 09, 2020, from https://lawyerist.com/reviews/law-practice-management-software/abacuslaw/

REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE ON THE GP PROJECT TEAM RESEARCHING AND RECOMMENDING A KMS. GP ACTUALLY SELECTED MICROSOFT SHAREPOINT, BUT YOU DON’T KNOW THIS YET!!