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Disclaimer
Certain numbers in this report have been rounded to one decimal place. Due to rounding, some totals may not correspond with the sum of the separate figures.
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Disclaimer
Certain numbers in this report have been rounded to one decimal place. Due to rounding, some totals may not correspond with the sum of the separate figures.
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Disclaimer
Certain numbers in this report have been rounded to one decimal place. Due to rounding, some totals may not correspond with the sum of the separate figures.
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Disclaimer
Certain numbers in this report have been rounded to one decimal place. Due to rounding, some totals may not correspond with the sum of the separate figures.
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Disclaimer
Certain numbers in this report have been rounded to one decimal place. Due to rounding, some totals may not correspond with the sum of the separate figures.
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Disclaimer
Certain numbers in this report have been rounded to one decimal place. Due to rounding, some totals may not correspond with the sum of the separate figures.
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Disclaimer
Certain numbers in this report have been rounded to one decimal place. Due to rounding, some totals may not correspond with the sum of the separate figures.
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Disclaimer
Certain numbers in this report have been rounded to one decimal place. Due to rounding, some totals may not correspond with the sum of the separate figures.
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Disclaimer
Certain numbers in this report have been rounded to one decimal place. Due to rounding, some totals may not correspond with the sum of the separate figures.
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Disclaimer
Certain numbers in this report have been rounded to one decimal place. Due to rounding, some totals may not correspond with the sum of the separate figures.
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How the Australian Government manages its digital projects to support success
This section explains how digital projects are supported from the centre of government including through a world-leading investment management framework specifically designed to create the conditions digital projects need to succeed.
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Project budgets: $1M–$3B
Project duration: 1–35 Years
Projects range in total budget from less than $1 million to more than $3 billion, and in duration from one year to 35 years. What each of these projects has in common is that they are harnessing technology to deliver benefits for Australians.
Project budgets: 2/3 digital technologies
For the projects included in this report, on average about two-thirds of the total project budget relates directly to digital technologies with one-third going to non-digital spending.
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Key figures
- 46 agencies
- $12.9B total project budget
- $5.6B digital budget
- 110 active projects
- 20 Tier 1: Tier 1 projects are the Australian Government's most complex and strategically significant digital projects
- 42 Tier 2: Tier 2 projects are also complex and strategically significant, but with smaller scope, lower criticality and/or lower cost than Tier 1 projects
- 48 Tier 3: Tier 3 projects are significant investments that generally represent lower risk.
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The Australian Government’s digital projects
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How the Australian Government manages its digital projects to support success
This section explains how digital projects are supported from the centre of government including through a world-leading investment management framework specifically designed to create the conditions digital projects need to succeed.
Reforms supporting success
Ensuring digital projects deliver expected benefits for Australians on time and on budget sits at the heart of each of the reforms highlighted throughout this report.
How digital projects are monitored and supported from the centre of government
In the past year, more projects have come under central monitoring and oversight as part of the Australian Government’s Digital and ICT Investment Oversight Framework (IOF).
This world-class framework is designed to ensure digital projects are strategically aligned, carefully prioritised, meet digital policies and standards, and realise expected benefits for Australians.
The IOF starts with setting a clear strategic direction, which is then reinforced throughout the lifecycle of project design, funding and implementation. Throughout this lifecycle, best-practice digital policies and standards set clear requirements with agencies supported to meet these requirements by the DTA.
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IOF Digital and ICT Investment Oversight Framework.
Six interconnected states delivering coordinated advice and action for governmentin ensuring projects deliver to expected benefits and outcomes. The diagram shows four headlines with various states of the IOF below them as subheadings.
- Image headline: Pre-budget
- Subheading: Strategic planning: Defines the Australian Government’s digital and ICT-enabled investment portfolio and its future objectives and identifies capability gaps.
- Subheading: Prioritisation: Prioritises, plans and advises on investments to deliver on the Australian Government’s digital and ICT objectives.
- Image headline: Budget
- Subheading: Contestability: Ensures proposals are robust and meet whole-of-government digital standards immediately prior to government consideration.
- Image headline: Implementation
- Subheading: Assurance: Provides assurance to the Australian Government that investments are on-track to deliver expected benefits/ throughout delivery.
- Subheading: Sourcing: Ensures the Australian Government obtains the best value for money from digital and ICT-enabled investments.
- Image headline: Ongoing
- Subheading: Operations: Regular data collection provides intelligence on the size, health and maturity of the Australian Government’s digital and ICT-enabled investments
- Image headline: Pre-budget
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Key Principles for Good Assurance
- Plan for assurance
- Drive good decisions
- Expert-led and independent
- Culture and tone at the top
- Focus on risks and outcomes
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