Digital Modernization for Government: An Implementation Framework

This challenge is compounded when officials seek to create value for the public from digital modernization when those technologies have evolved via different strategies, including “waterfall” approaches that often take longer to implement than “agile” approaches.

This report leverages interviews with government leaders, existing case studies, and prior research to create an evidence-based framework for digital modernization. The framework can help government leaders to innovate by harmonizing across multiple computing environments and transformation strategies, increasing effectiveness and efficiency to improve results for the public.

This report builds on multiple prior IBM Center reports by the authors that have helped government leaders to achieve success in technology implementation, including Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector: A Maturity Model and A Roadmap for IT Modernization in Government. The report also contributes new research around agile government, adding to the content accessible to government leaders and stakeholders though the Agile Government Center (led by the National Academy of Public Administration in collaboration with the IBM Center).

We hope this report helps government leaders to improve their development and implementation of digital government.