What version of Alfresco?

[jwil]

I am looking for a contract life cycle management system that would basically alert or email when a contract is coming up for renewal. Can alfresco do something like this if so what version would I download? I see there are 5 different downloads, should I just go with the collaboration?

[afaust]

Hello,

Alfresco can be used to serve as a contract lifecycle management system. The feature you describe could be implemented with a simple metadata property and a scheduled job / automated process that looks for contracts to be renewed each day and generates the relevant notification. Of course contract lifecycle management is usually way more than that, but Alfrescos flexible architecture allows for any use case.
Basically all versions of Alfresco support your use case - some of those provided in the download section have additional modules you probably won't require. Document Management / Collaboration would be the options closest to your use case.

Regards
Axel

[jwil]

Thanks for your reply. Do you have any links or video tutorials that show how to get this up and going? Thanks again.

[afaust]

Hello,

there is no play-by-play tutorial / video as the technical possibilities are too vast to cover in such a medium. The best way to start is the Alfresco documentation at http://docs.alfresco.com and the Alfresco wiki at http://wiki.alfresco.com. What you posted as a use case in your first post can - in a simple fashion - be realized through http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Scheduled_Actions  and a custom metadata model (http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Data_Dictionary_Guide).

Regards
Axel

[jwil]

thank you.