DIRKS
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DIRKS or Design and Implementation of Recordkeeping System is a methodology including eight-step process for the achievement of good practice in records management practice.
The methodology consists of the following eight steps:
- Preliminary investigation (Step 1);
- Analysis of business activity (Step 2);
- Identification of recordkeeping requirements (Step 3);
- Assessment of existing systems (Step 4);
- Identification of strategies for recordkeeping (Step 5);
- Design of a recordkeeping system (Step 6);
- Implementation of a recordkeeping system (Step 7); and
- Post-implementation review (Step 8).
[edit] See also
- National Archives of Australia homepage[1]

