Document code:  Security level:  Effective date:  ICT Governance  PRO-0027.06  Internal  15/01/2019  Strategic Direction and Guidance  ECHA’s IT work is an integral part of implementing the Agency’s mission and achieving its  strategic business goals. The governing regulations (REACH, CLP, BPR and PIC at the time  of writing) form the legislative foundation for using IT as the basis for legislative tasks and  for  supporting ECHA’s operations. T he key guiding strategic documents for the IT work are  the  Single Programming Document  (SPD)  covering the period from year N (the  ongoing year) to year N+2, the annual  IT Master Plan  (as part of the SPD) and the  Target IT Enterprise Architecture  document covering the years N to N+2. In a largely digitalised Agency, information technology is also key to implementing  compliance to some of ECHA’s policies, especially what comes to security, data protection,  transparency and information management policies. In this regard,  ECHA’s internal  policies  are also key guiding documents giving direction and priorities to IT work.  The Agency  Key Performance Indicators  (KPI), as set in the SPD, are also one of the  important drivers for the IT work.  Initiation and Closure of IT Investments Proposals for new IT investments are of strategic nature and therefore presented for  discussion and approval in the IT DPB (Directors’ IT Programme Board), which is the key  strategic decision making body for IT in the Agency. When approved, these proposals may  result in a combination of new IT Products, changes to existing IT Products, new IT  Services, and / or changes to existing IT Services. One of the Directorates (normally Business) initiates an IT investment proposal in the  form of an IT Investment Vision document. The Directorate of Information Systems and  the ExO / R1 Evaluation Coordination Function (ECF) support Business in the preparation  of the Vision. The IT Investment Vision concentrates on the business case and describes, amongst other  things, the business need, business benefits, the overall IT solution encompassing the  Products and Services to be created, as well as the impacts on existing Products and  Services.  The IT Investment Vision can outline a Product Roadmap to be implemented by more than  one project and, as requested by the Financial Regulations applicable to ECHA, an  indicative estimation of the lifetime cost of the products and services covered by the  Vision (the so called “ex ante” analysis). If later the IT Investm ent Vision changes in a  significant way, an updated Vision will be submitted to the IT DPB for approval. Decommissioning of current products and services is a strategic decision and therefore  discussed and decided in the IT DPB. A Vision document can propose such  decommissioning as part of the implementation of the Vision.  One of the tasks of the IT DPB is to ensure that the IT work in general, and specifically  proposals for both initiation and closure of IT investments, are in line with the strategic  direction and guidance.  TEM-0129.01  Uncontrolled copy once printed. Ensure that the right version is in use.  Page  13  of  92