It identified gaps in our system, so we could close them. It ensured that everything in our system was interlinked. In early August after two rounds of internal audits and revisions of our procedures, we were ready for the Final System Review by Eagle Group. It was a preassessment audit in which two consultants, who were new to the project, spent two intensive days shaking out our system. Eagle Group knew just where to hit.
Friendly fire is the worst.
But it was what we needed, a dress rehearsal for the registrar. By the first or second week in September we had closed the gaps identified in the System Review and were ready for the registrar. What we said, we did. What we did, we said. And everything we did and said pointed to the standard.