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Representative POMs are described for Budget Scope at each level of maturity.

1Initial

• Practice

  Focus is on IT operations budget only.

2Basic

• Practice

  Plan the budget for the current year.

  Outcome

  There is a basic understanding and recording of budgets, with a single year horizon.

  Metric

  Annual budget plan available.

• Practice

  Set budgets for most IT projects.

  Outcomes

  • Some IT categories are captured by budgets e.g. IT operations & projects.
  • Significant ‘shadow IT’ may exist.

  Metric

  % of IT projects with budgets.

3Intermediate

• Practice

  Plan the budget for a span of 1–2 years.

  Outcome

  The IT budget plans can be viewed 1–2 years out.

  Metric

  Timespan of budget plans.

• Practice

  Capture most IT categories in the budget.

  Outcomes

  • The budget includes most planned IT spend e.g. IT operations & projects.
  • Some ‘shadow IT’ may still exist.

  Metric

  % of IT categories with budgets.

4Advanced

• Practice

  Develop multi-year budget plans.

  Outcome

  The IT budget can be viewed across a number of years, facilitating long-term planning.

  Metric

  Timespan of budget plans.

• Practice

  Capture the full scope of IT spend and revenue generated, including ‘shadow IT’.

  Outcome

  All IT spend and revenue generated from IT services in the organization are available in one place.

  Metric

  % of IT categories with budgets.

5Optimized

• Practice

  Develop dynamic multi-year budget plans and actively monitor for improvement opportunities.

  Outcome

  Multi-year IT budget plans are always available and up to date, enabling planning discussions with the rest of the business.

  Metric

  Dynamic multi-year budget plans available.

• Practice

  Dynamically manage the budget to optimize IT spend and revenue information.

  Outcome

  The budget overs full organizational IT spend, with a depth of information available to dynamically manage it.

  Metric

  % of IT categories with budgets dynamically managed.