Project Management in Electronic Discovery: An Introduction to Core Principles of Legal Project Management and Leadership In EDiscovery

Cover Page
FOREWORD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE: The Legal Process: Understanding the Body of Work in the Legal Industry
	Understanding the Phases of the Legal Process
	Law Firm and Legal Department Structure
	Challenge to the Law Firm Business Model
	Conclusion
CHAPTER TWO: The Discovery Process: Narrowing the Issues, Avoiding Surprise and Uncovering the Truth
	What Is Discovery?
	Technology Transforms Discovery
	The Electronic Discovery Reference Model
	Conclusion
CHAPTER THREE: The Fundamentals of Traditional Project Management
	What is Project Management?
	Who is a Project Manager?
	Project Management Roles and Responsibilities
	Organizational and Environmental Factors
	Conclusion
CHAPTER FOUR: The Project Management Lifecycle
	Project Management Process Groups
	Project Management Knowledge Areas
	Initiating: The Project Charter and Stakeholder Identification
	Planning: The Project Management Plan
	Executing: Directing and Managing Project Work
	Monitoring & Controlling: Analysis and Verification of Project Work
	Closing: Documenting and Learning from a Project
	Conclusion
CHAPTER FIVE: Preparing for the Discovery Process
	Applicable Federal, State, and Local Rules
	The Scope and Limits of Discovery
	Planning for the Discovery Meet and Confer
	Certification of Discovery Requests and Responses
	Rule 37 and Discovery Sanctions
	Forms of Production
	Inadvertent Production, Waiver and Claw-back Provisions
	Cost Expectations in Electronic Discovery
	Conclusion
CHAPTER SIX: Information Governance: The Foundation of Legal Discovery Projects
	Information Governance Meets eDiscovery
	Understanding Records and Information Management
	Components of an Information Management Policy
	Understanding a Client’s RIM Policies and Technology Infrastructure
	Conclusion
CHAPTER SEVEN: Identification and Preservation of Electronically Stored Information
	Project Planning in the Identification and Preservation Stage
	Identifying Documents and ESI
	Implementing a Litigation Hold
	Preserving Documents and ESI
	Interviewing Potential Custodians
	Reasonably Accessible Data
	Documenting and Monitoring the Litigation Hold
	Conclusion
CHAPTER EIGHT: Collection of Electronically Stored Information
	Planning the Collection
	Collecting ESI
	Documenting the Collection of ESI
	Conclusion
CHAPTER NINE: Processing Electronically Stored Information
	Processing to Reduce the Volume of Documents
	Processing to Facilitate Efficient Document Review
	Developing an ESI Processing Plan
	Format of the Deliverable
	Analysis and Reporting
	Creating and Maintaining a Document Review Database
	Conclusion
CHAPTER TEN: Document Review
	Roles and Responsibilities
	Defining the Scope of the Review
	The Mechanics of Document Review
	Technology-Assisted Review
	Contract Attorneys and Document Review
	Review of Privileged and Work-Product Documents
	Conclusion
CHAPTER ELEVEN: Document Production
	Planning a Document Production
	Forms of Production
	Producing Metadata and Searchable Text
	Quality Checking a Document Production
	Maintaining a Production Log
	Productions from Other Parties
	Conclusion
CHAPTER TWELVE: Presentation of Electronic Documents
	A Brief History of the Use of Technology in Trials
	Modern Trial Preparation
	Trial Presentation Applications
	Trial Equipment
	Conclusion
CONCLUSION
APPENDIX A: Project Management Process Groups and Sample Project Management Forms
	A.1 Project Management Process Groups and Knowledge Areas
	A.2 Sample Project Charter
	A.3 Sample Project Management Plan
APPENDIX B: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Rule 502 of the Federal Rules of Evidence
	B.1 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 1, 16, 26, 30-31, 33-34,-36-37
	B.2 Federal Rules of Evidence Rule 502 (as amended in 2008)
APPENDIX C: Sample E-Discovery Forms
	C.1 Sample Proposed Discovery Plan
	C.2 Sample IT Infrastructure Questionnaire
	C.3 Sample Custodian Interview Form
	C.4 Sample Collection Specification
	C.5 Sample Collection Log
	C.6 Sample Chain of Custody Form
	C.7 Sample Processing Specification
	C.8 Sample Document Review Protocol
	C.9 Sample Production Specification
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