DIRKS
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The DIRKS methodology will help federal Australian Government agencies to:
understand the business, regulatory and social context in which they operate (step A)
identify their need to create, control, retrieve and dispose of records (ie their records management requirements) through an analysis of their
business activities and environmental factors (steps B and C)
assess the extent to which existing organisational strategies (such as policies, procedures and practices) satisfy their records management
requirements (step D)
redesign existing strategies or design new strategies to address unmet or poorly satisfied requirements (steps E and F)
The methodology gives rise to a number of practical tools that underpin good records management. It provides the essential framework to:
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develop a business classification scheme that identifies, labels and defines the unique functions and activities of an organisation
compile a general disposal authority for records relating to common administrative functions
design or select records management software products and other electronic business information systems that meet an agency's requirements to
create, control, retrieve and dispose of records
The DIRKS methodology is flexible and can be applied at different levels depending on the particular needs of an agency. It may be applied on an agency-
wide basis or confined to specific records management systems, business activities or business units, depending on the nature of your particular records
project.
Practical guidance on the use of the designing and implementing records management systems methodology is provided in DIRKS: A Strategic Approach to
Managing Business Information (DIRKS Manual). The primary audience for the manual is government agency records management project teams and
consultants.
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