Ad Litem Consulting, Inc.

Litigation Case Lifecycle

Phase 1 through Phase 3

The firm should evaluate each software application based upon individual merits: consider ease of use, level of utility in achieving case goals, special capabilities, security and so forth. One consideration that must precede all others is how each application complements the other applications in the software lifecycle. The legal team should be able to transfer facts and images from one application to another without involving technical support. The Software Lifecycle outlines each phase of the case lifecycle and explains how the team and the Litigation Support Department can use software tools to achieve phase goals.

Best practices, as regards the software lifecycle, means limiting the amount of training, effort and cost to transfer information from application to application and phase to phase throughout the entire case lifecycle. Each tool must be able to seamlessly share information with the other tools and between team members during each phase. The tools in one phase must be able to share information with the tools in each subsequent phase. Each person's work in any application should be synchronized with that of the other team members. Access to the most up-to-date information by the whole team is vital to successful litigation.

Litigation Case Lifecycle

Phase 1 through Phase 3