Legal Research

Test the LPM Waters

By Shaunna Mireau

Legal project management. Three words that are appearing together in sequence more and more often. I got a tip from a colleague recently about Onit. What is Onit?

Onit is a light-weight project management and business collaboration tool for legal and business professionals.

I signed up for an Onit account to gather information about what legal project management would look like on a day to day basis using a software tool. I learned a little more than I bargained for. The Onit website offers some good arguments for implementing an LPM structure over the provision of legal services under the “About” tab. I signed up for a free account, viewed the demonstration videos, and started electroniclly tracking a current project that I am working on.

The discipline required to use LPM software is probably a lot like the discipline required to carry out legal work in the first place. The benefit to a software piece may be adding the element of accountability to timelines and budget at front of mind as you perform the week and use the web tools simultaneously. I anticipate that I will have something further to report at the end of project 1.

Full post as published by Slaw.ca on January 25, 2011 (boomark / email).