Determine the root causes behind the issues plaguing comminteroperability. See Figure 7 below for a sample of the patterns found in the current state in Virginia.
The figure below is an excerpt from an inquiry into the current state – patterns in the planning and coordination theme.

Figure 7: Current State Pattern Compendium Map
Lesson Learned: Further analysis of the data may be necessary to reach the level of specificity needed to develop strategic initiatives,but be cautious. Too much re-packaging of the locally-collected datacan result in a collection of comments that are unrecognizable to the practitioners and fail to accurately depict the issues that are specific and critical to the location.