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▪ major updates and changes to authorised, ongoing IT investments based on updated IT investment Vision documents 

▪ closures of ongoing IT investments based on closure proposals 

• directs IT work at strategic level, including IT Programmes’ work planning and budgeting: 

▪ authorises annual IT work planning and budgeting based on IT Programme Plan proposals 

▪ when necessary, for example due to budgetary limitations, balances IT budgetary requests among different IT Programmes and gives priorities 

▪ when necessary, for example due to unforeseen additional work or major exceptions raised by the IT Programmes during implementation of the IT Programme Plan, re-adjusts the IT Programme Plans 

• supervises the general implementation of the IT Master Plan, 

• takes decisions on issues escalated from the IT Programme Boards, and 

• manages any other issues brought to the attention or decision making of the IT DPB. 

The Executive Director chairs the IT DPB. 

The IT DPB supports the Executive Directors in his decision-making; in principle, the IT DPB operates by consensus. 

The Information Systems Directorate provides IT DPB Secretariat. 

A Director can initiate a written consultation of the IT DPB. A consultation opens for five working days; if nobody puts forward a negative opinion, the proposal is deemed adopted; if one of the Directors cannot give a positive opinion, the item is brought forward for the next meeting for discussion. 

The DPB Secretariat is in charge of organising written procedures. 

## 3.9.2. Programme Board (PgM) 

The Programme Board governs the work on IT Services and IT Products (the Programme portfolio ) belonging to an IT Programme. 

The Programme Board 

• provides decisions, direction and guidance on IT Programme Level to ensure alignment of the IT Programme’s work with strategic direction and decisions given by the IT DPB, including the IT Programme Plan, 

• approves key governance documents and authorises work: 

o approves PIDs to authorise start of new Projects, 

o approves Project Closure Reports to authorise Project closures, 

o approves High-Level Maintenance Plans to authorise maintenance work, 

• supervises the implementation of the work within the IT Programme, 

