34 Questions Before Scanning

Plan your bulk scanning project with expert knowledge

Use these questions to:

  1. Create a plan for your scanning project

  2. Understand your project requirements (needed to judge client-vendor fit)

  3. Avoid expensive setbacks during your project

Breaking free from paper recordkeeping does not need to be complicated, expensive, or take months of planning.

But sadly a lot of projects go over-budget and produce not-so-satisfying results.

The problem is simple: project managers don’t know the components of document scanning. Regardless of if the plan is to scan internally or contract a professional service, without experience it’s hard to know what’s important and what’s not. 34 Questions Before Scanning is simply a list of the questions project managers can use to expose common knowledge gaps! Plus, the questions are broken down under the 10 components of document scanning to make it even clearer.

Don’t make it complicated - easily plan your project with these 34 Questions Before Scanning.

Example Questions

What quality control steps are in place to ensure documents are produced according to client requirements?

Are images and data encrypted while being delivered?

Is sample scanning available for the client to approve digitized files before production begins?

Can a document in production be located and emailed back to the client if necessary? How long would that take?

Are files available as they are scanned or are all the files delivered upon completion?

Is NAID Certified secure document destruction available?

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