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Document Control: From Principles to Practice

Online
1.5-3 hours
Free

Course Content

Learn how organisations implement document control strategies to manage and protect data in this free online course. Document control systems benefit organisations by enhancing productivity and security and reducing the amount of paper used. This course explains how to use document control practices and software. We establish the importance of a robust document control system and compare it to analogue methods. We also provide document control strategies and instruments, including the Master Document Register (MDR) and the Document Distribution Matrix (DDM).

Course Details

CollegeAlison
Course ID187715
Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration1.5-3 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathIn This Free Course, You Will Learn How To
• Outline the importance of document control system
• Explain the practice of document numbering
• Describe the document control challenges that can involve any of the three PPT pillars: people, process and technology
• Discuss project document control using electronic document control systems (EDMS)
• Explain the concept of a document control lifecycle
• Describe document control strategies and instruments used to implement them
• Outline the six phases that make up the life cycle of a document
• Define the terms ‘document’, ‘document Control’ and ‘document control system’
• Discuss the benefits and structure of various document templates
Course Code5733

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