Portfolio Management

For the purposes of project investment, approval, oversight and quality assurance, the start of the project is at the beginning of planning.

SMART is a mnemonic for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time bound.  These characteristics are helpful to remember when identifying project objectives.

The QA Practitioners suggested course of action to address a negative finding.

A Request for Proposal, a Request for Quote and Qualification, an interagency agreement proposal or an agency recruitment or any other effort that is intended to result in the acquisition or hire of a QA resource.

A document that describes how the QA Practitioner will deliver its service.

A project subject to State CIO/OCIO oversight based on risk/severity assessment, a statute or some other factor as determined by the State CIO.

The processes, procedures, systems, IT infrastructure, data, and communication capabilities that allow each agency to manage, store, and share information in pursuit of its business mission, including but not limited to:

The work of one or more professionals responsible for monitoring and assessing the health and effectiveness of project management plans and processes as well as an overall assessment of a projects's short and longer term risks.  To preserve independence, the QA provider(s) report outside the project management organizational structure, generally to the project's Executive Sponsor and the State CIO.

A Quality Assurance (QA) provider's assessment of the project's use of project management best practices, as well as their assessment of deficiencies or gaps in the application of those best practices that may have an adverse impact on the project.  Findings are assumed to require corrective actions.

The senior executive responsible to the agency and the State CIO/OCIO for the project.