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Predictability

B3

Manage IT expenditure within budget targets and variance ranges.

Improvement Planning

Practices-Outcomes-Metrics (POM)

Representative POMs are described for Predictability at each level of maturity.

1Initial
  • Practice
    Rely on the best endeavours of assigned personnel.
2Basic
  • Practice
    Make some initial attempts to match spend to budget.
    Outcome
    There is a limited ability to predict run rates and targets.
    Metric
    % of budget line variances.
3Intermediate
  • Practice
    Capture and compare actual costs against the budget plan.
    Outcome
    IT is able to predict some run rates, to prevent some cost overruns and hit some targets.
    Metric
    % of budget targets achieved.
4Advanced
  • Practice
    Manage IT operations within predicted budget performance tolerances.
    Outcome
    IT is able to reliably predict run rates, and hit most targets.
    Metric
    % of budget targets achieved.
5Optimized
  • Practice
    Make the IT budget process an exemplary methodology for managing budgets to meet the IT demands of the business ecosystem and minimize IT costs.
    Outcomes
    • All ‘in-scope’ projects deliver or exceed forecast budget.
    • IT is able to reliably predict run rates, consistently hit targets, demonstrate continuous improvement.
    Metric
    % of projects delivering and/or exceeding on forecast budget goals.