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Planning for and Managing Standards Drift

What is Standards Drift?

the diverging evolution (or more likely: devolution) of standards between geographically- or organizationally-isolated workgroups and between a user and the standards.  This must be actively managed to prevent the balkanization of standards.

What Causes it?

Expediency

Geospatial Separation

New "Terrain"

 

How to Manage it

Named Symbology in Preferences

InRoads Preference Management Techniques

 

 
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Last updated: January 02, 2007.