Great Article on Early Adoption of EDMS and Impacts, including Publishing

http://www.lifescienceleader.com/index.php?option=com_jambozine&layout=article&view=page&aid=3933

Excerpt:

WHAT ARE THE MAJOR STUMBLING BLOCKS THAT CAUSE ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT PROJECTS TO BE UNSUCCESSFUL?
Gens: Our 2007 empirical document management study (ILSS/Gens and Associates) found the top hurdles were 1) budget, 2) network capacity and performance, and 3) vendor limitations. Interestingly, our 2009 study found 1) collaboration integration, 2) performance, and 3) improved search capability as the top priorities of change.

Our practical experience tells us that the core challenges are: 1) organizational change (business process and mindsets) and 2) how a program is constructed. Most programs grossly underestimate the people side of change as most potential users espouse or desire the new way of working, but as the project moves from concept to detailed requirements/new business processes, resistance grows. We believe that commitment to a concept is easy; however, gaining commitment to a new way of working is hard (the devil is in the details).