The ICH Charter – provide a collaborative public/private research institute for assuring the business value of commercial technologies in government IT programs
The ICH Mission – develop and promote mechanisms which align government business needs with proven commercial IT solutions
The ICH Vision – Increase the success rates of government IT programs through:
· improved definition of capabilities and associated evaluation metrics
· visibility into commercial implementation best practices
· identify, validate and promote viable interoperable IT solutions
· improve collaboration between buyers and suppliers of appropriate solution components
The ICH Guiding Principles
- Represent the common interest of public and private partners
- Transparency in motives and influences
- Provide an open and collaborative environment for an ethical exchange of IT implementation best practices
- Trustworthy, accurate, and timely research
- Share cost and burden of solution vetting between public and private partners
The ICH Goals – increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the IT planning, architecture and acquisition processes, through:
- Greater adoption and utilization of commercial off the shelf solutions (COTS) and emerging innovations
- Establishment of standards of practice and associated metrics derived from evidence based research
- Facilitating a better public/private understanding and exchange of critical issues and available solutions
- Providing ethical public/private collaboration for solving common problems and increasing competencies in critical technical areas
- Better alignment of architectures, components and available alternatives with key business drivers and capabilities based acquisition