Description: Proposal reduces key department Technical Debt and/or other technology related risks Scoring Guide: 0 = Adds to Department Technical Debt 1 = No impact 2 = Reduces Technical Debt for one system 3 = Reduces Technical Debt for multiple systems 4 = Reduces Technical Debt department-wide WHY 2020-23 Departmental IT Plan - English http://esdc.prv/en/iitb/corporate/plans_reports/doc/2020-23%20Departmental%20IT%20Plan%20-%20English%20-%20for%20iService.pdf Section 1.2 IT Risk Analysis Risk :Technical Debt There is a risk that ESDC does not have the ability to continuously operate, transform, and innovate to adequately deliver on the digital government priorities that support ESDC programs and services and ensure IT Service Continuity. Response :. Mature and improve ESDC’s EA, supported by the creation of the departmental EA function and the launch of the Department’s EA Review Board, where EA will facilitate tracking the amount of technical debt against a set of portfolio level standards and/or targets and favour advancing EA-based projects that avoid increasing technical debt. Digital Operations Strategic Plan: 2021-2024 https://www.canada.ca/en/government/system/digital-government/government-canada-digital-operations-strategic-plans/digital-operations-strategic-plan-2021-2024.html Priority 1.1. Strengthen the overall health of the government’s application portfolio Several issues can weaken this health and lead to “technical debt.” Technical debt occurs when the vendor hasn’t upgraded and no longer supports an application, or when an application is so old that it’s hard to find people who have the skills to maintain it. In some cases, technical debt makes applications costly to maintain and at risk of performance and security failures. In other cases, it means that applications are too outdated to deliver fully digital services.