Integration takes many different forms. Some initiatives are very comprehensive and encompass all aspects of the public safety enterprise. Others focus on building a foundation of infrastructure, relationships or data standards that will support a variety of future initiatives. Other efforts focus on a specific pressing problem, a unique opportunity for action, or a particular funding source.

Your analysis of the current business process, infrastructure, and recent history will point out where the opportunities for change lie in your jurisdiction. Review each one for its potential to improve operations or achieve other important public safety benefits. It is unlikely that all of them can be addressed by a single initiative. Select the ones that seem most valuable for the near future, remembering that "value" can be defined in many ways. Depending on your current situation, you may identify actions that:

• Lay essential groundwork for more complete or ambitious integration efforts in the future
• Build on the foundation built by previous efforts
• Address the most pressing problems or weaknesses in the current situation
• Have the strongest and broadest base of support for immediate action
• Take advantage of a one-time funding opportunity