ARCHIVAL HEURISTIC EVALUATION: A COMPLIANCE VERIFICATION INSTRUMENT
VERIFICAÇÃO DE CONFORMIDADE
Keywords:
Heuristic evaluation; Archival document management; Checklist; Research instrument; Regulatory compliance.Abstract
This article aims to present and technically document a heuristic evaluation instrument built as a checklist, developed from the 391 requirements of the Model of Requirements for Electronic Archival Document Management Systems, called e-Arq Brasil version 2, distributed into fifteen thematic groups and classified into three levels of obligation. Heuristic evaluation by checklist applied to the archival domain constitutes the theoretical-methodological framework adopted. Developed as a technical-scientific product of a professional master's degree in document and archive management, the instrument was designed based on four principles: content validity, evaluator autonomy, verifiability, and replicability. The applicability test was conducted in the protocol module of the administrative management system of a Brazilian federal university, in a testing environment, by an archivist with an administrator profile and without information technology department support, between August and September 2023. The adherence algorithm excludes from the denominator requirements not subject to autonomous evaluation. Results indicated a functional adherence of 64.1%, non-functional of 55.9%, and overall of 63.4%. The instrument, made available in open access with a persistent identifier and with automatic and auditable indicators, contributes to the methodological standardization of archival compliance diagnoses in Brazil.