This assessment encompassed several tasks. This report is a summary of the survey portion of the assessment. While the survey indicates some movement towards a common corporate direction, cause and effect are unclear. It should also be noted that the survey was too broad in its request for cost impact data and no findings relative to cost impacts are forthcoming in this report. It is recommended that a more focused effort to obtain this information be undertaken.
Discrepancies exist between implementation applicability.
Alignment of guidance with the Information Architecture effort is dependent on corporate buy-in. Guidance is having an impact on IM implementation strategies. There is a clear indication from the survey responses that a continuing need exists for guidance developed in the context of supporting this common corporate direction. However, there is also an indication that agreement does not exist as to what that common corporate direction is. The CGG recognized early on that to be effective at establishing a well-coordinated IM environment between Headquarters and Field organizations guidance must be issued as suggestions for informational purposes, not as mandates.