Which statement accurately describes CPIC's overall objective?

• A. It ensures IT investments align with mission and strategic goals, while minimizing risk and maximizing returns.
• B. It focuses exclusively on software patch management.
• C. It requires all IT to be moved to cloud.
• D. It eliminates budgeting considerations.

Answer: (A)

At its heart, CPIC is about governance of IT investments to ensure resources are spent in a way that supports the agency’s mission and strategic goals while controlling risk and maximizing value. It involves evaluating, selecting, funding, and overseeing a portfolio of IT initiatives so that decisions are data-driven and aligned with priorities, balancing benefits, costs, and risks across the entire IT landscape. This broad focus on aligning investments with mission, reducing risk, and optimizing returns is what sets CPIC apart. The other options describe narrower or contradictory approaches—patch management, forcing cloud adoption, or removing budgeting controls—that don’t capture the comprehensive investment-control purpose of CPIC.