Do you know what you don't know? How does your organization compare to high-performing acquisition organizations? Employing a four-step assessment approach can provide the essential information and understanding of where your organization stands today and how to make a jump shift in improved performance.

• Baseline Assessment: Getting a snapshot of current acquisition performance within the agency includes analyzing organizational structure and workload data; evaluating current policies, workflow processes and practices; examining contract files; conducting interviews; and reviewing relevant program documentation.
• Leading Practices Evaluation: Use research from leading public and private sector organizations engaged in acquisition operations of similar scope and complexity to set the benchmarks for your desired "to be" state. Comparative analysis between your baseline and leading practices arms you with the tools to determine the optimal practices and performance measures that align with the agency mission.
• Gap Analysis: Once you have selected the leading practices that match your organization's needs, compare them to the current state of your processes. Use this comparison to identify, skills gaps of the acquisition personnel, key organizational strengths and weaknesses, critical practices and process areas needing improvement, and major risks to be addressed in order to ensure organizational success.
• Develop Assessment Report: The baseline assessments, practices evaluation and gap and risk analyses provide a comprehensive understanding of the organization, that you can use to collaborate with other key leadership to analyze the results and develop the assessment report's conclusions and recommendations. Focus on providing actionable recommendations to maximize efficiency and effectiveness, enhance productivity, increase customer satisfaction, and strengthen the ability use acquisition directly to accomplish your mission.