Parent Criteria SubCriteria Description State Strategic Plan Assesses the agency’s consideration for how this Organizational Investment will impact operations throughout the Accountable IT Change organization, and how the agency plans to address and Management Management mitigate that risk. Agency Focuses on the agency’s self-reflection on the current Enterprise state of IT Portfolio, and how this Investment will Architecture, Technology improve the overall health of the agency’s IT Portfolio. Efficient & Portfolio Risk Effective Assessment Agency Government Readiness/ Focuses on the scope and size of the agency’s proposed Solution Solution Investment. Agency will speak to environment for this Enterprise Appropriateness Scale type of solution and appropriate scale for their problem Architecture (i.e., is this the right solution for this problem). Focuses on agency’s consideration for adequately Resource staffing/supporting this Investment. Includes IT Workforce Availability backfilling, SME availability, project team, and technical resources. Focuses on the urgency of implementing this Efficient & Investment Investment in this cycle; essentially assesses the impact Effective Urgency of not doing investment during this cycle. Government Assesses the agency’s adherence to technology strategy elements of the strategic plan (e.g. buy don’t build, Efficient & modern hosting solutions, accessibility, early value Effective Strategic delivery, modular implementation, etc). Strategic Government, Alignment Alignment focuses on alignment of what is being Enterprise proposed. Solution is strategically appropriate for this Architecture business problem. Investment was arrived at using a data driven methodology to determine need. Focuses on the agency’s adherence to technical elements of the state’s strategic plan (e.g. data Security & minimization, security principles, publishing open data, Privacy, Technical Architecture mobile solutions). Technical Alignment focuses on Effective & /Technology Alignment alignment in how the proposed solution will be Efficient Strategy implemented. Solution is technically appropriate for Government Alignment this business problem. Focuses on the agency’s existing project governance Governance processes, including Exec Sponsorship & steering, Accountable IT Processes Vendor/Contract Management, Change control, QA, Management IV&V, stakeholder feedback for decision making, etc. Focuses on how the investment interoperates with existing systems, interfaces with existing services or Enterprise Interoperability, systems, and/or uses systems and solutions that are Architecture, Interfaces, & already in place. If a new capability, allows for an Security & Reuse opportunity for these 3 elements to be included in Privacy future systems.
Parent Criteria SubCriteria Description State Strategic Plan Agency Readiness/ Solution Appropriateness Organizational Change Management Assesses the agency’s consideration for how this Investment will impact operations throughout the organization, and how the agency plans to address and mitigate that risk. Accountable IT Management Agency Technology Portfolio Risk Assessment Focuses on the agency’s self-reflection on the current state of IT Portfolio, and how this Investment will improve the overall health of the agency’s IT Portfolio. Enterprise Architecture, Efficient & Effective Government Solution Scale Focuses on the scope and size of the agency’s proposed Investment. Agency will speak to environment for this type of solution and appropriate scale for their problem (i.e., is this the right solution for this problem). Enterprise Architecture Resource Availability Focuses on agency’s consideration for adequately staffing/supporting this Investment. Includes backfilling, SME availability, project team, and technical resources. IT Workforce Investment Urgency Focuses on the urgency of implementing this Investment in this cycle; essentially assesses the impact of not doing investment during this cycle. Efficient & Effective Government Architecture /Technology Strategy Alignment Strategic Alignment Assesses the agency’s adherence to technology strategy elements of the strategic plan (e.g. buy don’t build, modern hosting solutions, accessibility, early value delivery, modular implementation, etc). Strategic Alignment focuses on alignment of what is being proposed. Solution is strategically appropriate for this business problem. Investment was arrived at using a data driven methodology to determine need. Efficient & Effective Government, Enterprise Architecture Technical Alignment Focuses on the agency’s adherence to technical elements of the state’s strategic plan (e.g. data minimization, security principles, publishing open data, mobile solutions). Technical Alignment focuses on alignment in how the proposed solution will be implemented. Solution is technically appropriate for this business problem. Security & Privacy, Effective & Efficient Government Governance Processes Focuses on the agency’s existing project governance processes, including Exec Sponsorship & steering, Vendor/Contract Management, Change control, QA, IV&V, stakeholder feedback for decision making, etc. Accountable IT Management Interoperability, Interfaces, & Reuse Focuses on how the investment interoperates with existing systems, interfaces with existing services or systems, and/or uses systems and solutions that are already in place. If a new capability, allows for an opportunity for these 3 elements to be included in future systems. Enterprise Architecture, Security & Privacy
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