16: Technology Development and Management

[Support] a strategic IT platform that guarantees future agility as business and customer priorities change.

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Technological change is more rapid than organizational change and yet governments often find themselves locked-in to particular technology solutions. Governments need to protect themselves against the downside of technology evolution and maintain governance of ICT development and deployment Transformational Government needs a strategic IT platform to guarantee future agility as business and customer priorities change. Such a platform cannot afford to be locked-in to specific technologies or solutions that prevent or limit such agility. This pattern should be seen in conjunction with the Roadmap for Transformation. The [EIF] has a useful definition of “open” in 5.1.1 “Specifications, openness and reuse”.

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