Contact Us  |  Twitter  |  Facebook

 
Government Information Technology Agency - Home Technology Graphics AZ.GOV - Arizona's Official Web Site

 

About GITA


IT Coordination and Planning
  Statewide Plan and Applications
  Enterprise Architecture
  Service Oriented Architecture
  Policies, Standards, Procedures


IT Project Review and Monitoring
  Project Investment Justification
  Project Oversight
  Project Management Certification


E-Government


Information Security and Privacy
  Incident Response
 
Encryption Readiness NOI


Public Safety Communications


Strategic Initiatives 


Telecommunications


Councils and Committees

      Project Investment Justification

 

Highlights of Governance Transformation and Redesign Changes:

 

Revised Project Investment Justification Documents:

  • Project Investment Justification (PIJ).doc - with and without Instructions

    • Organized PIJ requested information in a more logical order, including embedded Excel worksheets with calculations, and reducing re-stated information and paperwork.
       

  • Project Investment Justification (PIJ) LITE.doc - with and without Instructions

    • This template is a smaller version of the PIJ which can be used for low risk projects such as Operational Infrastructure Upgrades (i.e. PC Replacement/Refresh, Network Upgrades).

New Pre-PIJ Assessment Approval Process:

  • This process provides Agencies a mechanism to request approval in the very early stages of a project in the circumstance where a contract for outside resources is needed to perform project discovery.

  • After the assessment phase is completed, additional sections of the PIJ can be completed for full project approval.

  • This process is available for use by Agencies at their discretion, it is not mandatory.

Beginning July 1st, GITA will be requiring Agencies to use the new PIJ documents and Oversight/Monitoring forms for all new projects.

These forms are now available for your use.  Additional feedback is always welcome. 

The Project Investment Justification (PIJ) provides executive branch agencies, boards and commissions with a standardized method to describe new or enhanced IT projects and investments. Before beginning an IT project valued over $25,000, every agency is required to develop a PIJ. The PIJ provides an assessment of the business and technical requirements, public value and benefits to the state, costs, risks and management sponsorship of the project.

PIJ Review

A PIJ valued at less than one million dollars is reviewed by GITA and approved or disapproved by the State CIO. Any IT project valued over $1 million must be approved by the Information Technology Authorization Committee (ITAC). ITAC consists of public and private business and business IT leaders. The committee meets monthly to review IT projects and other Strategic IT issues as necessary.

Top

 

 

**NEW**
 PIJ Forms


Project Investment Justification
MS Word Doc with instructions

Project Investment Justification
MS Word Doc - no instructions

Project Investment Justification LITE
MS Word Doc with instructions

Project Investment Justification LITE
MS Word Doc - no instructions


 Contact

Submission of all PIJ approval requests and questions: PROJECTS@AZGITA.GOV.

You may also continue to contact your Oversight Manager directly.
 

Joyce Raschiatore
602-364-4976

Chuck Revenew
602-300-4096

Karen Hansen
602-284-8068


Privacy Policy    Accessibility Policy    Contact GITA |  © Copyright 2009 GITA