How SDAs are identified and prioritised

SDAs are identified and prioritised to ensure a focus of government resources to the things that will have the greatest impact. Strategic whole of government SDA priorities are first identified and then reviewed against current and planned investment activity by all NSW Government Portfolio of agencies. This approach enables identification of candidate SDAs and understanding potential adoption timing.

Identifying and prioritising SDAs for reuse includes:

1. Identifying strategic SDA priorities, using:
   • Case studies from leading e-Governments and emerging trends from industry (horizon scanning)
   • State Digital Asset enterprise architecture analysis, identifying SDA capabilities, dependencies, and value chains
   • Whole of government outcomes analysis (for example, customer experience)
   • Government strategic priorities
2. Evaluating current and planned investment activity, using
   • Circulars and/or directives
   • ICT/Digital investment plans and pipelines
   • Candidate SDA projects and product roadmaps
   • Portfolio of agencies ICT asset registers.
3. Agreeing on State Digital Asset investment priorities by
   • Consulting all Portfolio of agencies CIOs
   • Obtaining advice from the Technical Design and Advisory Group (TDAG)
   • Requesting endorsement by the ICT and Digital Leadership Group (IDLG) and the Digital Transformation Board (DTB).

DSIA owns and manages SDA priority processes and outputs. Priorities will be reviewed at an annual cadence or when there is a significant event that necessitates a review. The annual review will be conducted as part the NSW Government budget cycle, when Portfolio of agencies investment pipelines are updated, and priorities confirmed. These priorities will be published on digital.nsw.gov.au.