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Representative POMs are described for Accountability Assignment at each level of maturity.

1Initial

• Practice

  Rely on the best endeavours of assigned personnel.

2Basic

• Practice

  Assign line managers and/or functional managers to budgets.

  Outcome

  Line managers and functional managers are assigned budgets, without formal accountability for actively managing them.

  Metric

  % of line managers and/or functional managers owning their budgets.

3Intermediate

• Practice

  Ensure that all budget categories have clearly identified and accountable owners.

  Outcome

  Line managers and functional managers are formally held accountable for budgets.

  Metric

  % of line managers and functional managers adhering to their budgets [within specified tolerances]

4Advanced

• Practice

  Consistently enforce accountability for budget management via issue escalation.

  Outcome

  Line managers and functional managers can apply corrective actions to achieve budgets, with a defined issue escalation path.

  Metric

  % of projects with budget accountability assigned to line managers and functional managers

5Optimized

• Practice

  Give line managers and functional managers the authority and tools to make real-time IT budget decisions.

  Outcome

  Line managers and functional managers can be held accountable for both profiling and managing expenditure, in order to improve budgeting performance.

  Metric

  % of line managers and functional managers actively profiling and managing expenditure to their budgets [within specified tolerances].