Information & Technology Strategy
Incorporate ACORD data standards into your business and IT strategy. The use of the data standards should be a requirement throughout the business, because the data and information flow is the business.
IT Principles
Use ACORD standards as part of you organization's IT operating principles and project management principles. If a project does not include the use of the ACORD standards, it should be seriously questioned.
Solution Providers
Demand the use of ACORD standards with your vendors/solution providers and build it within the contracts. You are the customer and you should demand what you need for your strategic future.
- RFP's — Include the requirement for ACORD standards in your Request for Proposal or Request for Information documents.
- SLA's — Incorporate ACORD standards as a part of your Service Level Agreements (SLA's) with outsourcers or share service providers. The lack of ACORD standards will limit your business options and flexibility while placing the power in the hands of the vendor.
Internal and External Integration
Use ACORD data and messaging standards for both internal and external integration between: internal corporate entities, internal systems, trading partners, and third-party providers.
- Use OARS to report and review your company's implementation activities online and broaden your internal communications by encouraging other departments to do the same, too.
- Use the online education