Document assembly is vital to every law firm’s future. Instead of producing precedents in a traditional manner, precedents can be ‘programmed’ into systems, allowing documents to be produced intelligently and efficiently. The user is then asked key questions, allowing documents to be created electronically in a fraction of the time. Law firms need to invest in this area and quickly.
Development standards, changing specifications, long testing periods and managing change all present real hurdles. This requires skilled project managers to keep things on track, break down barriers and ensure that costly action is not confused with progress. IT personnel and fee earners need to work side by side with each other and both will need help and support to get the most out of the system.
