How do i find out if my policy management software is being used
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This document provides guidance on how to determine if policy management software is being effectively utilized in an organization, highlighting the importance of software usage for governance, risk, and compliance. It outlines the transition phases, reporting functionalities, and types of reports that can inform administrators about user engagement and document management. The document emphasizes the necessity of thorough research when selecting policy management software and encourages contact for further information or demonstrations.
How do i find out if my policy management software is being used
- 1. How Do I Find Out If My Policy Management Software Is Being Used?
- 3. After You Have Purchased Policy Management Software You should now be confident that all the issues that your company has recently experienced, due to policy management chaos, will not happen again. Your organization is now ready to manage the policies and procedures, improve governance, risk and compliance, and reach accreditation goals. Having policy management software will allow you to build your organization’s process within the policy management system, in order to establish a streamlined process to create, approve, and review policies. In addition to that, you are able to establish ownership of each policy and create an audit trail to keep users engaged and current on updates and changes.
- 4. The Transition To Policy Management Software The transition to policy management software may take place in three phases. First, the vendor works with your IT team to ensure that all technical requirements are in place. Next, your system administrators will build your policy, and procedure library, as well as customize your interface. Finally, all users receive training in order to become fully competent in using the policy management software. The question that then often comes to mind is, How do I find out if my new policy management software is being used or not? The answer to this question is reports functionality. It is part of most policy management software platforms and that is where you will find all the data, numbers and charts, according to your needs.
- 5. The Transition To Policy Management Software Most policy management software vendors offer dozens of different types of reports that can be used to garner all sorts of detailed information . Many of them have several filter options, which allow you to retrieve a specific and detailed report. For instance, you can filter by document or user, by folder or department, committees, specific roles, time frames, etc.
- 6. The Transition To Policy Management Software There are three level of reports in the application: P&P Reports, Management Reports and System Administrator Reports. The first level provides the users with information in regards to the documents. For example, in the option, List of Policies & Procedures Documents that are PAST Due for Review, where selecting the time period provides a breakdown of the number of documents that are past due within specific months and for how long. From the listing you can also access the document in the document viewer.
- 7. The Transition To Policy Management Software For the Compliance topic, there are more than 10 reports. For instance, there is a report called Policies & Procedures Document With Staff that have not Attested for attestation periods setup, this report provides a listing of staff that have not yet Attested to a document requiring their Attestation. The drill down from a specific Attestation provides a listing of all staff that HAVE NOT Attested to that Policies & Procedures document.
- 8. Policy Management Software For System Administrators These are only some examples of the many others that an individual can run. If you would like to hear more information about other examples I would be only too happy to answer any questions you may have. The System Administrators can have even more specific reports regarding the users, where they can get an overview of the number of registered users logging into the Application within a specified period. Clicking on a row provides access to the login history for a specific Registered User.
- 9. Policy Management Software For System Administrators System administrators can also pull up a report with a list of all Policies & Procedures documents that have never had an Attestation period setup for them. In addition, it can also pull up a listing of registered active users that have NOT LOGGED in to the application within a selected time period. Also included is the number of days since the users last logged in.
- 10. The Functionality of A Policy Management System A policy management system is not only there for housing your company’s policies, but to also ensure that users comply to the company’s policies and procedures in order to provide the best service to the community, keep the high quality of work, and make the best out of the product.