Task: Define Process Policies, Standards, and Conceptual Models

Define Policies - Policies govern the execution of a process. They provide a framework for process definition and implementation and should be consistent with business and technology strategies of the enterprise.
Define Standards and Models - This includes standard financial procedures and models, including the following elements:
- Definition of cost types
- Apportionment of cost elements to types (budget line items e.g. OS, Offices, disk storage)
- Classification of costs - capital vs. operational, direct vs. indirect, fixed vs. variable, cost centers
- Depreciation methods
- Periods check budget
- Escalation paths if a budget threshold is exceeded
- Cost & IT entity alignment
- General budget thresholds
- IT performance & capacity development
- IT cost / bills for individual user
- Definition of Chargeable items