From Open Sustainability
Activity: Continuous Improvement - Standards, Policies and Processes
Objective
This Activity provides an opportunity to improve sustainability standards, metrics, policies and process. Particularly in the case of standards and policies, these areas should be relatively stable, but they will undergo some level of changes over time. This Activity provides an opportunity for their review and to make recommendations on their revision. Recommended changes would then feed into the next increment of work as part of the continuous implementation approach of the
Major Deliverables
Revisions to Sustainability Governance:
- Policies
- Metrics
- Standards
- Processes
Tasks
Review and Revise Data Governance Policies
Objective:
Sustainability Governance Policies are reviewed for their effectiveness. Changes to policies may be required due to new business requirements, ineffectiveness of existing policies or changes to technology. Policies do change over time, but these changes are infrequent.
Input:
- Auditing Results
- Auditing Recommendations
- Sustainability Governance Policies
Output:
- Recommended Revisions to Sustainability Governance Policies
Review and Revise Sustainability Governance Metrics
Objective:
Sustainability Governance Metrics are reviewed for their effectiveness and may be changed. The scope of metrics also is extended as more data elements are measured over time. Performance against metrics over time should tracked closely to see how changes in the environment improve metrics.
Input:
- Auditing Results
- Auditing Recommendations
- Sustainability Governance Current-State Metrics
- Sustainability Governance Target-State Metrics
Output:
- Recommended Revisions to Sustainability Governance Metrics
Review and Revise Sustainability Governance Standards
Objective:
Sustainability Governance Standards tend to be reasonably stable but should be evaluated periodically for their effectiveness and to see if changes are required. Adherence to these standards should also be checked as part of the auditing process and the results of this process should feed into this task.
Input:
- Auditing Results
- Auditing Recommendations
- Sustainability Standards
Output:
- Recommended Revisions to Sustainability Standards
Review and Revise Sustainability Governance Processes
Objective:
Sustainability Governance Processes focus on the sustainability lifecycle across the organisation. The goal should be to automate and improve many of these processes over time.
Input:
- Auditing Results
- Auditing Recommendations
- Sustainability Governance Processes (Business Process that impact Data Governance)
Output:
- Recommended Revisions to Sustainability Governance Processes
Implement Changes as Required
Objective:
Changes to Standards, Policies and Processes will then need to be implemented. These changes most commonly impact technology systems in areas such with data monitoring, domain values and data quality reporting.
Input:
- Recommended Revisions to Sustainability Governance Policies
- Recommended Revisions to Sustainability Governance Metrics
- Recommended Revisions to Sustainability Standards
- Recommended Revisions to Sustainability Governance Processes
Output:
- Recommended Revisions to Sustainability Governance Policies, Metrics, Standards and Processes
Core Supporting Assets
Yellow Flags
- Major changes to approach that are not linked to clear business drivers
- Major changes to policies or standards that will impact historical data and how it is modeled, shared and stored
Key Resource Requirements
