RDA's programs and practices connect your priorities with the people, procedures and technology needed to carry them through. They give ongoing responsibilities a consistent structure for service delivery, evidence and review.
Know who is responsible, what happens next and how the result is checked.
Programs and Practices connect daily support to the longer-term plan. They turn a requirement, service need or investment decision into coordinated activities with defined responsibilities, appropriate approval and a record of the result.
Technology Portfolio Governance (TPG), the RDA Program Framework and the Service Matrix serve different purposes. Together they connect decisions, service delivery and review across Management, Software and Network. Your organization retains its decision and funding authority.
The shared foundation
Frameworks, programs and practices.
Technology Portfolio Governance (TPG) organizes investment and significant change. The RDA Program Framework provides a common structure for programs. Practices apply and develop expertise, bringing the findings back into requirements and decisions.
Program
A defined way to manage an ongoing responsibility, with an owner, requirements, rules, procedures and review.
Practice
How RDA applies and develops its expertise. Methods and tools evolve with the work, technology and emerging risks.
Both need defined responsibilities, accountable people, evidence and approved changes. Programs and Practices evolve as requirements and methods change.
How the pieces fitShared frameworks connect programs, practices and service delivery.
FrameworkTechnology Portfolio Governance (TPG)
Set priorities and authorize investment or significant change.
FrameworkRDA Program Framework
Connect requirements, responsibilities, workflows and evidence.
Programs
Establish the outcomes, rules, procedures and review.
Practices
Apply expertise, investigate and improve the methods.
Services, evidence and review
Carry out the agreed work, check results and bring findings back into decisions, programs and practices.
The organization retains its decision and funding authority. The Service Matrix connects service delivery across Management, Software and Network.
Procurement begins with the requirement. We connect the business case, existing investments, interoperability, support and lifecycle costs to your organization's purchasing process. Requirements, approvals, vendor selection and acceptance remain connected to the service that will operate afterward.
Review how your organization uses technology, identify what needs attention and agree on priorities. Technology Portfolio Governance (TPG) and the RDA Program Framework connect the findings to owners, funding decisions, implementation and review. Security and continuity are part of that broader plan.
Technology Review and Planning: the connectionInformal overview · Read in numbered order
1Review
Needs, responsibilities and evidence
2Agree
Priorities, owner and next decision
3Carry through
Implement, support and review
Program
Information & Technology Governance
Governance connects the rules people work under to the responsibilities and technical controls behind them. The acceptable-use work includes short user policies, local adoption decisions, training, operating records and evidence. Acceptable use belongs within that broader governance work.
Information & Technology Governance: the connectionInformal overview · Read in numbered order
1Agree
Responsibilities, authority and rules
2Put into use
Responsibilities and training
3Review
Records, exceptions and results
Program
AI use and governance
RDA separates immediate AI-use controls from the longer-term program. A bounded Quick Start establishes rules, information boundaries, accountability and human review. The Municipal AI approach puts requirements before tools, classification before ingestion, validation before rollout and ownership before scale. Broader capabilities are reviewed, funded and approved in stages for each organization.
AI use and governance: the connectionInformal overview · Read in numbered order
1Define
Use, sources and permissions
2Test
A bounded pilot with acceptance checks
3Review
Staff verify the work and results
Programs
Continuity and disaster recovery
The framework covers these as related subjects. Continuity addresses essential work, people, facilities and alternatives. Disaster recovery addresses service dependencies, restoration order and accepted recovery objectives. Both need named owners, exercises and recorded corrective actions.
Continuity and disaster recovery: the connectionInformal overview · Read in numbered order
1Essential work
People, services and dependencies
2Exercise
Try the arrangements and recovery
3Improve
Check results and assign corrections
Program
Incident response
The program framework provides for triage, response authority, containment, evidence handling and recovery. Procedures, role training and exercises support the response. Results and lessons feed corrective work with owners and verification.
Incident response: the connectionInformal overview · Read in numbered order
1Prepare
Roles, contacts and procedures
2Respond
Assess, coordinate and recover
3Follow through
Record, review and verify corrections
Practice
ThreatHunter
ThreatHunter connects current threat intelligence with the systems we manage. Research, inventory checks and authorized investigation help identify what needs attention. Findings become assigned actions and follow-up. Validation records distinguish planned checks, completed tests and verified corrective actions.
ThreatHunter: the connectionRead in numbered order
1Research
Current threats and relevant assets
2Investigate
Authorized checks and available evidence
3Follow through
Assigned action and verified results
Practice
Technology budget planning
Connect current operations, recurring services, projects and replacement costs. Keep assumptions, responsibilities and timing visible so authorized owners can decide what to fund and sustain. GrantMonitor connects approved priorities to suitable funding routes.
Fit funding to an approved need. GrantMonitor connects requirements, readiness evidence, eligibility, full cost and delivery capacity. Defined readiness checks support funding and release decisions. Your organization retains purchasing and funding authority and responsibility for sustained operations. Identifying an opportunity or preparing a plan does not authorize spending or establish eligibility, an award or reimbursement.
Software
Network