File Plan

Abbreviation(s) or Acronym(s): None

Definition(s):

  1. (noun) An Artifact or Document that provides details such as Policies, Processes, Procedures, Rules, Standards, Definitions, Roles, and Responsibilities for specific Record Types, including all aspects of how such Records are to be organized and handled throughout their Life Cycles, specifically to meet the Records Management obligations and requirements of an Enterprise.

  2. (noun) The Plan for how to administratively or clerically handle the filing of one or more specific Records.

  3. (noun) An ordered or sequenced set of clearly defined and governed Tasks, Activities, or Work, often date and/or time bounded, that exist to facilitate the strategy, delivery, or operations of one or more specific File Items or Entities.

  4. (noun) The shorter and less desirable form of the term File Management Plan.