Decision Package Prioritization

Formal IT expenditure prioritization occurs on an annual basis as part of the state's budget building activity. The Governor and the Legislature look to WaTech to provide guidance on whether an agency's proposed IT expenditure is sound and consistent with the state's IT strategy to inform policy decisions on the allocation of limited state funds.

WaTech establishes prioritization criteria in response to current state business needs and changing technologies. WaTech evaluates agency funding requests (received in the form of decision packages) against those values and establishes a priority ranking of all funding requests. The resulting prioritized list of project funding requests is submitted to both the Governor's office and the Legislature.

2026 Supplemental Documents

• 2026 Supplemental Decision Package Prioritization Criteria 
• 2026 Supplemental IT Addendum (Formstack survey)
• 2026 Supplemental IT Fiscal Estimate Workbook 

2025-27 Biennium Documents

• 25-27 IT Decision Package Funding Recommendation Report
• 25-27 Decision Package Prioritization Criteria 
• 25-27 IT Addendum (Formstack survey) 
• 25-27 IT Fiscal Estimate Workbook 

Previous Biennium Reports

2023-25 Supplemental Documents

2023-25 Supplemental Biennial Budget Report

2023-25 Biennium Documents

• 23-25 IT Decision Package Recommendation Report (PDF version)
• 23-25 IT Decision Package Recommendation Report (Electronic interactive version)
• 23-25 Decision Package Prioritization Criteria
• 23-25 IT Fiscal Estimate Workbook

Resources

• Top 12 tips for writing your Decision Package for IT investments
• Preparing for WaTech Consult
• Decision Package FAQs
• IT Addendum (Part 4) - Type of Investment Definitions

Related Policies:

• PM-01 – Information Technology Investments – Approval and Oversight
• MGMT-01-03-S – Managing Information Technology Portfolios Standards
• PM-03 – 132 - Providing Quality Assurance for Information Technology Projects