New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 1 - GENERAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 12 - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Part 5 - OVERSIGHT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS
Section 1.12.5.9 - LEAD AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES

(1) Manage its own information technology (IT) projects and project resources and use the state project management methodology for planning, executing, and controlling the project.

(2) Appoint a qualified state employee as the lead project manager and if applicable a project director. If the agency hires a contract project manager, the lead project manager/director shall be responsible for ensuring that the consulting firm and/ or contract project manager is managed to the best interests of the state.

(3) Provide to the office all project management and product deliverables. Deliverables shall include but not limited to the project plan, project schedule, initial and periodic risk assessments, quality strategies and plan, periodic project status reports, requirement and design documents for all projects. The lead agency must make available all deliverables in a repository with open access for the Information Technology Commission (ITC) and office review.

(4) Prepare and submit a written project status report at least monthly to the office, and more frequently at the request of the ITC or the office.

(5) Prepare a written risk assessment report at the inception of a project and at the end of each product development lifecycle phase or more frequently for large and high-risk projects. Each risk assessment shall be included as a project activity in the project schedule.

(6) Develop and provide quality strategies, including Independent Verification and Validation, in compliance with the office best practices and standards.