Guiding Policies and Principles: 2008-2012

A set of guiding principles-developed with and for IT stakeholders across Michigan-drove the development of Michigan's 2008-2012 goals, strategies and initiatives. They are as follows:

• Effective and Efficient Customer-Based Operations and Services
• Performance, Accountability and Public Value
• Privacy, Security and Public Trust
• High Performance Worker and Workplace
• Agile Management and Infrastructure
• Shared Solutions, Standards and Flexible, Open Boundaries
• Maturation and Modernization of Solutions
• Innovation and Transformation

A strategy and transformation map, and detailed information on each principle, is provided on page 24. This reviews how the guiding principles drive or enable each goal area and reviews plans for implementation.

Goals, Strategies and Initiatives

Based upon the results of the planning process, the goal foundation of Michigan's 2004 and 2006 plans has been enhanced to meet identified challenges and opportunities. Selected strategies and initiatives in each of the goals have been strengthened and restructured and a new transformational goal (Goal 6) has been added. The primary shifts in goal structure and content since the last plan are provided in Appendix N. An overview of each of the 2008-2012 goal areas, and representative activities planned, are provided in the next section of this plan, called "Action."

The Funding Imperative

Together with the agencies, MDIT forecasts and tracks IT-related budget items throughout the fiscal year. In partnership with the agencies, MDIT is optimizing business value for Michigan citizens; ensuring that taxpayer dollars spent on technology today produce an optimum return on investment (ROI) tomorrow, creating new cost savings for client agencies.

By striving for a precise balance of internal and customer-directed investments, Michigan's enterprise IT portfolio governance and management model has increased IT productivity, organizational agility and better assures desired outcomes. Looking ahead to the 2010 budget cycle, MDIT is developing ways to further enhance the budget-planning process and exploring an enterprise-funding model for IT projects across the agencies.