E-government maturity model and its evaluation

In order to ensure e-government construction healthily, rapidly and orderly develop, an e-government maturity model (EGMM) is proposed based on a software capability maturity model (CMM) and a project management maturity model (PMMM). Five levels of maturity in e-government development process are constructed, which include network infrastructure, information serving, information interactive, information sharing and comprehensive integrating. An index system of e-government maturity is put forward, and then an e-government maturity levels evaluation method is presented, which can provide clear, detailed and efficient decision information and investment directions of e-government for decision-makers. The EGMM and its maturity evaluation method are helpful for improving the construction of e-government.