CTO Operating Model
The CTO Council will:
- Share knowledge and expertise, experience and research by bringing together senior IT representatives from across government
- Recommend, develop, integrate, administer, and evaluate policies, procedures, and standards needed to provide flexible and cost-effective IT services across government that meet customer requirements
- Identify and orchestrate joint-working including cross–departmental collaborative opportunities
- Assess new and emerging technologies to determine applicability and act as advisor to the CIO Council on technology investments and initiatives
- Work to both address common problems and derive best value from work already in train
- Also act as advisor to the CIO Council on policy, prioritisation and coordination of IT for government
- Promulgate and maximise the use of standards
The distinguishing feature of all of these roles and responsibilities is their focus on operations.
CTO Council business will be conducted on the following basis:
- The Cabinet Office acts to orchestrate – by supporting and nurturing the development of vibrant cross–organisational networks that deliver
- Members operate in a collegiate manner based on the notion of working for government and not purely for their home organisation
- Council members operate on a ‘collective responsibility’ basis to steer, own and deliver agreed cross government strategic actions and deliverables
A key thing to note is the requirement for senior representation - CTOs need to be in a position to make decisions on behalf of their organisations (where possible).
