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Request Status Summary
Request Status In Progress
JISC Priority 3
Request Detail
Requestor Name:
   Johnson, Richard D
Origination Date:
   10/26/2010
    
Recommended Endorser:
   Court of Appeals Executive Committee
Original Title: Appellate Electronic Filing
Request Type: New System
Which Systems are affected? Appellate Court System (ACORDS)
Judicial Information System (JIS)
Business Area: Court Case Management
Communities Impacted: Appellate Court Judges
Appellate Court Clerks
Public and Other Users
Impact if not Resolved: High
What is the Business Problem or Opportunity

See attached request

Expected Benefit:

See attached request

Endorsement Detail
Endorsing Committee
   Court of Appeals Executive Committee
Endorser Name:
   Johnson, Richard D
Origination Date:
   10/28/2010
Endorsing Action: Endorsed
Endorser’s Explanation and Comments

On behalf of Court of Appeals Executive Committee as directed by Presiding Chief Judge Dennis Sweeney

AOC Analysis Detail
Analysis Date: 01/11/2011
Request Rationale
Aligns with JIS Business Priorities, IT Strategies & Plans: Yes
Aligns with applicable policies and with ISD Standards: Yes
Breadth of Solution Benefit: Wide
Cost Estimates
Cost Benefit Analysis Complete? No
Cost to Implement? 2,990 - 4,780 hours plus contractor costs
Projected Maintenance cost? TBD
Feasibility Study needed? Yes
Court Level User Group
Appellate Courts
Approving Authority JISC
Request Summary:

The COA and the Supreme Court require immediate action to develop and implement a web portal to facilitate electronic filing and an EDM system to support sharing documents across all four courts, indexing, storage, retrieval, and searching of documents, and an integrated workflow and correspondence module to improve productivity and efficiency in the processing of cases.

 

·         Web Portal

·         Electronic Document Management

·         Case Management Integration (to eliminate double entry of information)

 

Business Impacts:

The existing manual, paper-based system is extremely resource intensive.  Currently most appellate court processes are manual and paper driven.  Manual internal case processing methods are slow, expensive, inefficient, and lead to an unacceptable lost/misfile rate.  The paper based records not only prohibit multiple internal users, but also prevent access to the trial courts, litigants, the public, other divisions of the COAs and the Supreme Court.

Summary of Proposed Solution

The appellate courts require a statewide enterprise document management system that interfaces with an appellate case management system to provide an integrated solution to support their business needs. This will greatly increase the efficiency of the courts. The complete solution for the courts includes the following components that work together:  Web Portal supporting E-filing; Document and Information Access; Workflow supported Document and Case management. 

Proposed Solution

AOC proposes a solution that addresses the following areas; EDM and Case Management integration.  EDM is comprised of a Web Portal supporting E-filing, E-Document and Information Access with Document Management and Workflow.  Case Management integration requires that the EDM integrates with a CMS to eliminate double data entry. Currently the CMS used by the Appellate Courts is ACORDS. The preference is for the EDM to integrate with the existing case management application.  

Confirmation of Endorsing Action Detail
Endorsing Committee
   Court of Appeals Executive Committee
Endorser Name:
   Johnson, Richard D
Origination Date:
   01/11/2011
Endorsing Action: Endorsed
Court Level User Group Decision Detail
CLUG Appellate Courts
Chair of Group Rich Johnson
Date of Decision 01/13/2011
Decision
Decision to Recommend for Approval Unamimously recommended to the approving authority
Priority Processing Status Prioritized
Ranking
Request Priority 1
Request Importance High
Scoring Detail Score / Possible
Business Value 10 / 10
Relative Priority 10 / 10
Cost 3 /  5
Complexity/Level of Effort 6 / 10
Risk 3 /  5
Benefit / Impact 5 /  5
Impact of Doing Nothing 5 /  5
Total Score 42 / 50
Implementation Detail  – Superseded
Analysis Date:
Implementation Stage Authorized
Prioritization Option: Prioritized
Comments:

This request was authorized by the JISC on Feb 18, 2011.

Implementation Detail  – Superseded
Analysis Date: 03/03/2011
Implementation Stage Scheduled
Prioritization Option: Prioritized
Comments:

Project is scheduled for Apr 4 - Jul 31, 2011.

Implementation Detail  – Superseded
Analysis Date:
Implementation Stage In Progress
Prioritization Option: Prioritized
Comments:

Work began on this project on April 4th, 2011.

Implementation Detail  – Superseded
Analysis Date: 08/08/2011
Implementation Stage In Progress
Prioritization Option: Prioritized
Comments:

The feasibility study report was completed on August 4, 2011.  On August 5, 2011 the JISC authorized AOC to proceed with developing an RFP for the buy option presented in this study.

Implementation Detail
Analysis Date: 08/22/2011
Implementation Stage In Progress
Prioritization Option: Prioritized
Comments:

Report added comparing initial AOC analysis estimates with actual work effort expended during the feasibility study.

 
 
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