British Columbia : Hosting and Application Development Framework

In addition to the Federal Government Cloud standards, Provincial Government’s are also developing adoption models.

For example the Government of British Columbia is creating a Hosting and Application Development Framework (HADF) to accelerate digital change across government.

It is envisioned as a government-wide approach to modernize hosting and the ways that government develops and delivers applications for digital services, and has been modeled on best practices from around the world while aligning with government’s current IT footprint.

The primary objective is to support their ongoing shift to Digital Government – HADF will support a shift in the digital delivery model over the next three years, during which time the current outsourcing of data centre and managed services will be up for renewal.

The main deliverables they are seeking from this engagement is a shared learning program, decision making framework and the development of Playbooks consisting of reference architectures, patterns, and other guidance instruments.

The strategy will inform the future direction of managed hosting and data centre services for government as well as application development and software services, such that it addresses:

• An improved OCIO service model for hosting. Ministries are seeking alternatives to the current model but are unsure of options and burdened with the current state.
• Clear policies and guidelines, enterprise-level agreements, predictable timelines and easy-to-access solutions.