By Marc Fresko, Director
January 25, 2012 - 8:12 AM
In my recent blog post I wrote about the advances concerning MoReq, specifically MoReq2010. The picture was not all brightness and light. It made me think about the DLM Forum – the organisation that brought you MoReq. And I concluded that the DLM Forum's picture is almost all dark. The DLM Forum has consistently over-promised and under-delivered; it lacks sensible governance arrangements. It lacks resources. It doesn’t do much – even now, 13 months after the end of 2010, there is not even a slight sign that MoReq2010 will ever be complete.
Let’s look quickly at the DLM Forum’s record:
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The DLM Forum Promised…
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What did the DLM Forum deliver?
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MoReq2010 (during 2010)
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Incomplete
Late (mid 2011)
No timetable for completion
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Testing regime
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Late (end 2011)
‘Beta’ version only
No timetable for completion
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Testing materials
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Late (end 2011)
Incomplete
No timetable for completion
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XML schema
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‘Beta’ version only
Delivered with example data
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Missing modules
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Nothing
No timetable for delivery
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MoReq translation licences
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Nothing
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Accredited test centre announcement
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Nothing
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Training materials
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Nothing
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Dissemination events
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Nothing
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Plan for MoReq ongoing development
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Nothing
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Consultant accreditation
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Nothing
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Glossy academic-style journal
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Nothing
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Records transfer standard
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Nothing
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A ‘vision’ for the Forum’s future, to be discussed at the Dec 2011 conference
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Nothing
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Is the DLM Forum still relevant? Does it have a future? You be the judge. Me, I urge all stakeholders to do something about it.
Much more detail on this, including suggestions for stakeholders, is available in a paper titled ‘The DLM Forum: A Tightrope Balancing Act' on the MoReq collateral website’s page about MoReq2010. Happy reading.
Marc Fresko
PS: in my last posting I wrote that the paper version of MoReq2010 was not available from the EU Bookstore. Well now, 5 weeks after its launch, it is still not available – but you can download a 29MB PDF version so that you can see what you are missing (click here for the bookstore page). Is it me, or is someone missing something here?
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