*To provide an overview of current telecommunications and technology structures and systems

* To highlight possible omissions, limitations, and obsolescence

* To pinpoint areas where the current systems actually impede productivity

* To expose inefficiencies and redundancies in existing equipment

* To allow for a plan for the accurate purchases of new technology and equipment

* To allow for exactness and frugality in telecommunications and technology budgets

* To provide planning and preparation for retirement or replacement of current system elements