THIS PROJECT DOCUMENT TO AND GOVERNANCE The Project Charter provides the project manager and project team with permission to proceed with the work of the project, within the scope delineated in this document. The Project Charter should be the outcome of a number of documents that went into the pre-planning for the project, and in many cases the agency IT Plan, Business Case for appropriations, Federal funding requests and the like. Project sponsors sign the Project Charter signifying that they have agreed to the governance structure for guiding the direction for the further planning of the project, discovery and defining the requirements, acquiring necessary resources, and within that context the statement of work for any related contracts including a contract for the Independent Validation and Verification. The Project Charter is also the foundation for the creation of the project management plan, and much of the thinking and writing for this charter will be immediately usable for that project management plan. PHASE The Project Charter is also used within the State of New Mexico IT Project Certification process as evidence of the for the Initial Phase certification. The Initial Phase project’s worthiness certification is especially critical to many state and agency projects because of its related release of the initial funds required for the project. funding is requested by an agency for use in developing project phases, Initiation Phase developing Independent Verification and Validation plan and contract; address (“IV&V”) project review issues and/or to develop an overall project management plan. Waiver of the Note: IV&V requirement requires specific written approval by the Secretary of the DoIT. DoIT “Project Certification” Memorandum July 2, 2007 The Project Charter and the Request for Certification Form are meant to provide a comprehensive picture of the intention and initial planning, that includes the project’s project’s place in the context of the State of New IT Strategic Plan, Enterprise Architecture, and Mexico’s DoIT project oversight process. Project Memorandum July 5th See “IT Oversight Process” 2007 on the OCIO-DoIT web site.
DOCUMENT The Project Charter provides the project manager and project team with permission to proceed with the work of the project, within the scope delineated in this document. The Project Charter should be the outcome of a number of documents that went into the pre-planning for the project, and in many cases the agency IT Plan, Business Case for appropriations, Federal funding requests and the like. Project sponsors sign the Project Charter signifying that they have agreed to the governance structure for guiding the direction for the further planning of the project, discovery and defining the requirements, acquiring necessary resources, and within that context the statement of work for any related contracts including a contract for the Independent Validation and Verification. The Project Charter is also the foundation for the creation of the project management plan, and much of the thinking and writing for this charter will be immediately usable for that project management plan. The Project Charter is also used within the State of New Mexico IT Project Certification process as evidence of the project’s worthiness for the Initial Phase certification. The Initial Phase certification is especially critical to many state and agency projects because of its related release of the initial funds required for the project. Initiation Phase funding is requested by an agency for use in developing project phases, developing Independent Verification and Validation (“IV&V”) plan and contract; address project review issues and/or to develop an overall project management plan. Note: Waiver of the IV&V requirement requires specific written approval by the Secretary of the DoIT. DoIT “Project Certification” Memorandum July 2, 2007 The Project Charter and the Request for Certification Form are meant to provide a comprehensive picture of the project’s intention and initial planning, that includes the project’s place in the context of the State of New Mexico’s IT Strategic Plan, Enterprise Architecture, and DoIT project oversight process. See “IT Project Oversight Process” Memorandum July 5th 2007 on the OCIO-DoIT web site. TO THIS PHASE PROJECT GOVERNANCE AND