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Why eDiscovery is Like Algebra


This article was original content on the ACEDS Blog and written by Gavin W. Manes.


With back to school on the mind in this season of the year, we discovered that there are some parallels between algebra and eDiscovery. Go with us on this one for a minute (or, maybe, for the rest of this blog post.) You won’t have to do any actual math, we promise.

In algebra, it’s all about solving for that variable. What’s the equivalent in eDiscovery? What’s the one variable that, if you don’t get it figured out, the problem remains a problem and not a solution? 

Certainly it’s not the same for everyone or for every case. But in every eDiscovery project, there are three fundamental elements: human, data, and technology (tools and processes). Each of these could be the thing that leads to solving that equation – or that thorny eDiscovery problem.

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