This Order promulgates Marine Corps policy for IT PfM and provides guidance on IT capability management and investment decision-making; defines roles and responsibilities for personnel implementing IT PfM; and provides references to enhance support of key IT PfM decision-makers per the Director, Command, Control, Communications, and Computers Department (Dir C4)/DON Deputy Chief Information Officer, Marine Corps (DDCIO(MC)) and references (a) through (e).

To ensure IT investments support the Marine Corps vision, strategy, mission, and goals; facilitate efficient and effective delivery of capabilities to the warfighter; and maximize return on investment, this Order:

(1) Establishes Marine Corps IT PfM as the primary process to support IT capability management and investment decisions.
(2) Establishes the roles and responsibilities of Marine Corp§ Mission Area Leads (MALs), FAMs, FAM Leads, FDMs, and Program Managers (PMs).
(3) Enhances the ability of key decision-makers to assess the probable impact of IT investments on operational performance by demonstrating the relationships among current and planned investments.