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Defining Digital Direction for Victoria’s $80bn Infrastructure Portfolio

Project Overview

Defining a clear, ISO 19650-aligned roadmap to reduce delivery risk and enable consistent, scalable implementation across a complex infrastructure portfolio

The Victorian Department of Transport & Planning (DTP) oversees one of Australia’s largest coordinated infrastructure programs, with increasing pressure to standardise digital delivery under the Victorian Digital Asset Strategy (VDAS).

Challenge

Digital engineering approaches were fragmented across programs, with no consistent governance, maturity baseline, or implementation pathway.

Without intervention, this risked inconsistent project requirements, duplicated effort, poor information quality, and long-term asset performance issues at portfolio scale.

IIMBE Role

Engaged as independent advisor to define DTP’s Digital Engineering Strategy and multi-year roadmap prior to portfolio-wide implementation.

DEFINE

IIMBE assessed digital engineering maturity across governance, systems, asset information practices, and capability.

Through targeted executive interviews and cross-functional workshops, we established a clear current-state baseline and defined a future operating model aligned to VDAS and ISO 19650.

A multi-horizon roadmap was developed, including implementation sequencing, capability uplift pathways, and governance structures—creating clarity on how digital engineering would scale across the portfolio before further investment.

DELIVER

The roadmap translated strategy into executable direction.

It defined how Employers Information Requirements, information standards, and portfolio-level governance would be consistently applied across live and future projects—avoiding tool-led fragmentation and ensuring alignment between policy and delivery.

This created a structured basis for coordinated implementation across multiple programs operating at different levels of maturity.

ENABLE

IIMBE established maturity benchmarks and a sequenced uplift model, enabling DTP to transition from isolated digital initiatives to a controlled, portfolio-wide information management approach.

This positioned DTP to embed consistent practices, build internal capability, and sustain alignment with evolving policy and delivery demands.

Outcome

DTP now has a clear, executable pathway for digital engineering implementation across the Big Build program.

This removed ambiguity around governance and delivery expectations, reduced the risk of inconsistent project requirements, and created confidence in how information will be managed at scale.

The result is stronger programme certainty, improved coordination consistency, and a foundation for reliable, structured asset information that supports long-term operational performance across Victoria’s infrastructure network.

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