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    This image shows an example Digital Roadmap across a ten-year horizon running from 2025 until 2035. Four example strategic goals are listed with a series of example key initiatives plotted across the ten-year horizon. Additionally, each example initiative is highlighted with the intended funding source: TBD Funding, Internally Funded and Externally Funded. Initiatives that are linked as Dependency are indicated with a blue arrow.

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  • DIP Policy - Minimum Standards

  • An overview of the DIP Minimum Standards.

  • Agency Overview

    • The Agency Mission should provide a brief introduction of the role and functions of your agency and explain how digital technology underpins service delivery and outcomes.  
    • Define your key digital services and outcomes including services delivered to other agencies.
    • Define how your digital services and outcomes contribute to the Data and Digital Government Strategy (the Strategy).

    Current State

    • Provide a list of important existing systems that your agency utilises or provides. This includes the purpose of the system, it’s criticality to core business functions, dependencies, expected end-of-life and planned upgrades or replacements. 

    Digital Outlook

    • Draft a vision statement defining key commitments, plans and ambitions across the short, medium and long-term strategic view. Your agency may choose to compose a vision statement that encompasses the entire digital horizon, or you may want to address each strategic view individually.

    Planning

    • Design a Digital Roadmap. The Digital Roadmap visualises key initiatives, activities and upgrades across the digital horizon and how they align with business goals or the Strategy.
    • Accompanying the Digital Roadmap, the New Systems and Major Upgrades section should outline critical new systems or major upgrades.  

    Enablers 

    • Define the key Enablers that underpin the delivery of your DIP. Key enablers include Workforce, External Assets and Dependencies, Key Vendors and Policies and Frameworks.

    Risks

    • Define Operational and Technology Risks that may disrupt the delivery of your DIP. Key risks may include funding, workforce, schedule, dependencies and technology. 
       
  • Key resources

  • Consistent Digital Planning

    A shared framework across government
  • Policy Objectives

    • Consistent Digital Planning

      A shared framework across government
    • Strategic Alignment

      Supports agencies to align planning with government digital priorities
    • Better Investment Decisions

      Enable transparency and oversight
    • Identify Gaps and Risks

      Helps agencies see whole-of-government challenges
    • Whole-of-Government View

      Establish a comprehensive whole-of-government view
    • Investment Prioritisation

      Enhance digital investment prioritisation
  • Strategic Alignment

    Supports agencies to align planning with government digital priorities
  • When to apply this criterion

    Apply Criterion 2 during the Discovery phase to validate initial assumptions made in Criterion 1 (‘Have a clear intent’). Test and validate the service with users as knowledge of the problem grows.

    User needs aren’t static. Revisit this criterion across the Service design and delivery process to provide reliable, accessible services to users, when they need them.

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  • Better Investment Decisions

    Enable transparency and oversight
  • Identify Gaps and Risks

    Helps agencies see whole-of-government challenges
  • Whole-of-Government View

    Establish a comprehensive whole-of-government view
  • Investment Prioritisation

    Enhance digital investment prioritisation
  • Purpose

    Describes how to meet the six minimum standards expected in every DIP.
  • How to use

    Provides flexible guidance and optional prompts. Agencies may adapt structure and language to fit their context.
  • Audience

    For digital and ICT teams, agency executives, and senior responsible officers involved in DIP development and approval.
  • AI Government Showcase: Adoption in Action 

    Join our first AI Government Showcase, a dedicated event bringing together small-to-medium Australian AI business and Government agencies. The day will inspire and inform AI adoption across the Australian Public Service. 

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  • When

    Thursday, 31 July 2025

    Where

    National Convention Centre, Canberra
    Note: This is an in-person event.

    Who

    Presented by the Australian Government

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