Optimization Assessment
GSS does not propose a roadmap before establishing where the organization actually stands. The Optimization Assessment measures current state against defined Best-in-Class criteria, so every recommendation that follows is built against a real gap.
A roadmap without a baseline is a guess with a budget
Improvement plans commonly start from a generic maturity model, or from whatever the last audit happened to flag. Neither reflects where a specific organization actually stands relative to the standard it is trying to reach, and both tend to produce roadmaps that are broad instead of prioritized.
The Optimization Assessment establishes that baseline directly: current performance across leadership practices, standards, self-assessment, corrective action, and existing KPI instrumentation, measured against defined Best-in-Class criteria drawn from INPO, WANO, and IAEA principles. The output is a gap analysis, not a scorecard — it identifies which gaps carry the most consequence and which are simplest to close first.
That prioritization is what turns the assessment into a roadmap leadership can actually fund and staff, rather than a list of everything that could theoretically be improved.