Decide Through Life Information Managment   Strategy

Once the various cost, benefit and risk analyses have been conducted for each of the alternative business and IT solutions, the Program Manager can complete the Through Life Information Managment Strategy by defining the program intentions for using digital data. The contents of the TLIM Strategy are defined in a Template , and summarised briefly below:

• Program Management Vision
• Improvement targets for the program and assessment metrics
• Business Models and Options
• IT & Infrastructure Capabilities and Options
• Cost and Benefit Analysis
• Risk Assessment and outline Risk Management Plan
• CALS intentions for the program.

The TLIM Strategy, which forms the output from NATO CALS Handbook Stage 1, describes the CALS Environment that the program intends to develop and implement, for use through the product life cycle. A properly developed TLIM Strategy will lay a firm foundation for the NATO CALS Handbook Stage 2 – the development of an Through Life Information Management Plan. This in turn will provide the basis for establishing contractual requirement for information, to support the intended ways of working over the rest of the product life cycle.

Examples of Through Life Information Management Strategy:  Viking TLIM Strategy