State Records NSW

The New South Wales Government's Archives and Records Management Authority

Create and Capture - Guidelines on better recordkeeping
Section 2 - Assessing existing record creation and capture

2.2 Use risk assessment techniques

Risk assessment techniques can be used to determine the areas of your organisation’s business that are, or would be, particularly at risk from poor recordkeeping practices. You may discover, for example, that one area of your business which is frequently subject to litigation has sound processes and systems for records creation and capture, while another equally litigious area has poor recordkeeping practices and systems which has cost the organisation dearly. In this scenario, it may be necessary to only target the high risk area with the poor recordkeeping practices.

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