What is Goal

In 2011, the European Central Bank (ECB) developed a customized information management maturity model that was subsequently applied to assess the success of the implementation of the organizational policies, processes, and technologies supporting the information management function and to identify and priorities future activities. This chapter provides an overview of the model's objectives, design process, and principles and a comparison of the sources that were used to support its design. In addition, it provides a detailed description of the model's structure, including goals, key process areas and key practices, common features, and maturity levels. Furthermore, the chapter describes the process and the tools that the authors designed to support the maturity assessment and the results obtained during the first two applications of the model.