NAME OF AGENCY
IT BALANCED SCORECARD
FOR THE YEAR _______
Mission Objective
IT-GENERATED BUSINESS VALUE
Business value and strategic contribution of IT department
To contribute to the
value of the
business Business value of IT projects
Management of IT investment
Sales to outsiders or third parties
FUTURE ORIENTATION
Knowledge management
Service capability improvement
To deliver
continuous
improvement and
prepare for future Staff management effectiveness
challenges
Enterprise architecture evolution
Emerging technologies research
OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS
Process excellence
Responsiveness
To deliver IT
products and Backlog management and aging
services that are
efficient and
effective
Internal cost of quality
services that are
efficient and
effective
Security and safety
END-USER SERVICE SATISFACTION
End-user satisfaction
IT/business partnership
To deliver products
and services that
add value to end-
users Application development performance
Service-level performance
Metric to Measure Target Values/ Initiatives Explanation/Justification Reference
Completion of strategic initiatives
Percentage of resources devoted to
strategic projects
Perceived relationship between IT
management and senior-level
management
Business evaluation based on financial
measures (ROI, payback period, etc.)
Actual versus budgeted expenses
Percentage over/under overall IT
budget
Revenues from IT-related services
and/or products
Completion of education, training, and
development courses
Percentage of positions with qualified
backup personnel
Expertise with specific technologies
Deliver internal projects to plan:
– Internal process improvement
– Organization development
– Professional development
Staff metrics by function:
– Utilization/billable ratios
– Voluntary turnover by performance
level
– Percent of staff with completed
professional performance plans
– Development/approval of enterprise
architecture plan (EAP)
– Systems adherence to EAP and IT
standards
– Percent of IT budget allocated to
research of new and updated
technologies
Process maturity rating and
performance (i.e., quality, cost, and
speed)
Process cycle time and cycle time to
market
Staff days of budgeted work in backlog
status
Days outstanding of oldest budgeted
work
Time/cost of process improvement and
quality assurance initiatives per IT
employee
Absence of major issues in audit
reports and unrecoverable failures or
security breaches
Score on end-user satisfaction survey
Frequency of IT Business Group
meetings
Index of both, user and IT involvement
in generating new strategic application
systems
Delivery to end-users expectations:
quality (user acceptance); cost
(budget); and speed (schedule)
Weighted percent of applications and
operations services meeting
servicelevel targets for availability and
performance