FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

The path from strategy to execution is not one way.  Change happens.  Execution of a strategy includes people, processes, technology, competing priorities, regulatory constraints, safety concerns, deadlines, communication needs, and many other influences.  As these factors interplay, they will inevitably necessitate adjustments to the strategy, which in turn will guide future execution.  The importance of an adaptable strategy cannot be overemphasized in this symbiotic relationship.

By definition, a strategy involves change, and people are naturally resistant to change.  The most effective technique to address this resistance is by clearly communicating change, and then reinforcing this with more communication and training.  The most elegant strategy and execution will founder without effective change communications.

As the volume of an organization’s information grows, managing it compliantly becomes more and more challenging.  A records and information management strategy is an organized, coherent roadmap and tools for moving an organization to an environment where information is organized, findable, actionable, and verifiable.  It also supports a record’s lifecycle, driving compliance with legal and regulatory recordkeeping requirements.

Engineering and maintenance information provides the foundation for safe, efficient operations in infrastructure intensive industries such as Power & Utilities, Energy, and Chemicals.  An engineering information management strategy is an organized, coherent roadmap and tools for improving and delivering engineering data consistency, quality, integrity, version control, and authoritative sources.  It also addresses compliance with legal and regulatory data requirements.