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Representative POMs are described for Data Consistency at each level of maturity.

1Initial

• Practice

  Rely on the best endeavours of available personnel.

2Basic

• Practice

  Calculate IT budget performance using multiple disparate databases with unstructured data.

  Outcome

  Various databases with unstructured data must be compiled when tracking and reporting.

  Metrics

  • # of databases providing “data of record”.
  • % of data fields duplicated in more than one database.

• Practice

  Use common budget management terminology within the IT function.

  Outcome

  There is a common understanding of budget management terminology across employees in the IT function, facilitating data consistency.

  Metric

  % of employees understanding the common terminology within IT.

3Intermediate

• Practice

  Use multiple databases/sources with structured data for IT budget analysis.

  Outcome

  Multiple databases/sources with structured data are available leading to a more accurate assessment of budget performance.

  Metrics

  • # of databases providing “data of record”.
  • % of data fields duplicated in more than one database.

• Practice

  Adopt a common budget management terminology between the IT function and other business units.

  Outcome

  Common budget management terminology facilitates comparing like with like.

  Metrics

  • # of databases providing “data of record”.
  • % of data fields duplicated in more than one database.

4Advanced

• Practice

  Use a single unified database for IT budget performance analysis data.

  Outcome

  All IT budget performance data can be accessed in a single database.

  Metric

  Existence of a single unified database for IT budget performance analysis data

• Practice

  Consistently use and refine a common budget management terminology between the IT function and the rest of the business.

  Outcome

  There is common understanding of the terminology between IT and the rest of the business, facilitating communication.

  Metric

  Existence of a common understanding of budget management terminology between IT and the rest of the business.

5Optimized

• Practice

  Continually improve through benchmarking the single database, with real-time budget performance analysis information.

  Outcome

  The analysis process is further improved to provide real-time data which is always available.

  Metric

  Existence of benchmarks of real-time budget performance analysis.

• Practice

  Develop the common budget management terminology between IT and the rest of the business for use to compare the 'business value' performance of budgets.

  Outcome

  Benchmarking ensures that there is a focus on the business value derived from budget oversight.

  Metric

  Existence of ‘business value’ comparison of budgets performances.