Application of the IDMF

As illustrated in the IDMF context diagram in Figure 8, the framework consists of four key elements. State-wide adoption of a unified approach to infrastructure data management requires the alignment of these different concepts to ensure optimum benefits are achieved from infrastructure data: 

• Inputs, which essentially are all the contextual strategies, business plans and reporting requirements that govern and inform NSW agency operations and which need to be considered when developing organisational information requirements;  
• Controls, which include all legislation, regulation and other NSW Government frameworks that define how infrastructure assets, projects and associated data should be managed within NSW Government agencies; 
• Process, which builds upon Australian and international standards to illustrate the iterative application of a managed data lifecycle over the lifecycle of infrastructure from identification of a demand or need for new investment, through the planning and acquisition process (including construction), to asset maintenance, delivery of services and the eventual decision to dispose of or recycle the infrastructure. 
• Enablers, which include the enterprise elements required to properly support the IDMF. The use of identified standards will allow consistency, regardless of variation of organisational structures, maturity, technology and procurement practice.