ICT Investment Framework
The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) aims to improve the Australian Government's return on investment in ICT by enhancing strategic planning, agency capability, management and evaluation of ICT-enabled projects. AGIMO assists agencies to better align their ICT investment with their business and policy objectives and whole-of-government strategies.
Whole-of-Government ICT Investment Principles:
The whole-of-government ICT investment principles recognise the responsibility of agencies to deliver their own and whole-of-government objectives within the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 (FMA Act).
- Whole of Government Investment Principles [
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Planning an ICT Investment:
AGIMO can provide advice to agencies planning to invest in ICT. We assist agencies to better understand organisational capability and ICT risks to the Government's policy and service delivery objectives; and plan for efficiencies and other benefits, for example, through joint system development and procurement.
To request advice on your ICT initiatives, please e-mail ictadvice@finance.gov.au.
ICT Two Pass Review Process:
The Government has implemented a Two Pass process for the development and review of business cases relating to non-Defence, ICT-enabled projects.
The ICT Two Pass Review process applies to ICT proposals with:
- high risks in terms of technical complexity, workforce or schedule, and
- a total cost of $30 million, including an ICT cost of $10 million or more.
Agencies must use the ICT Business Case Guide, templates and costing spreadsheet for Two Pass business cases, For proposals that do not meet the Two Pass criteria, an agency can still use these documents for developing business cases.
Organisational Capability in ICT Investment:
Implementation of P3M3
Agencies subject to the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 (FMA Act agencies) are implementing the Portfolio, Programme and Project Management Maturity Model (P3M3TM) as a common methodology for assessing their organisational capability to commission, manage and realise benefits from ICT-enabled investments.
This initiative is part of the Government’s response to the recommendations of the Review of the Australian Government’s Use of ICT and aims to strengthen governance of the lifecycle of ICT investment including business domain activities such as requirements definition and benefits realisation.
Further information is available from the ICT Investment Capability page.
P3M3 Maturity Assessment Consultancy Services Panel
Finance has established a panel of accredited P3M3 consultancy services providers to deliver implementation support to agencies. For further information refer to the P3M3 Maturity Assessment Consultancy Services Panel page.Benefits Realisation:
AGIMO has developed a Performance Indicator Catalogue with indicators suitable for measuring performance across the whole project lifecycle, from planning to implementation to realising benefits. The catalogue also assists different levels of management in an agency (from project team member to CEO) to identify appropriate indicators against which they can manage performance.
As part of AGIMO’s business case review function, agencies’ ICT business cases will be assessed to ensure there has been adequate identification of benefits and performance indicators, and planning for benefits realisation and evaluation has been conducted.
- Performance Indicator Catalogue [ 997 KB]
- Performance Indicator Catalogue [ 4.5 MB]
ICT Benchmarking:
Federal Government agencies subject to the Financial Management and Accountability Act participate in annual benchmarking of their ICT activities.
Further information is available on the ICT Benchmarking page.
Contact for information on this page: ictinvestmentframe@finance.gov.au