New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 1 - GENERAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 12 - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Part 9 - PROJECT CERTIFICATION OF TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS
Section 1.12.9.7 - DEFINITIONS

A. "Agency" means a state organizational entity of the executive branch, used interchangeably with department.

B. "Certification" means a process that releases project funds. The ITC certifies projects except as otherwise provided for in Section 1.12.9.10(c). The PCC is the subcommittee charged with making recommendations for certification to the ITC.

C. "Emergency condition" is a situation that creates a threat to public health, welfare, safety or property such as may arise by reason of floods, epidemics, riots, equipment failures or similar events. The existence of the emergency condition creates an immediate and serious need for services, construction or items of tangible personal property that cannot be met through normal procurement methods and the lack of which would seriously threaten the:

D. "Independent verification and validation (IV&V)" means the process of evaluating a system to determine compliance with specified requirements and the process of determining whether the products of a given development phase fulfill the requirements established during the previous stage, both of which are performed by an organization independent of the development organization.

E. "Information technology project" means the development, purchase, replacement, or modification of a hardware or software system.

F. "ITC" means information technology commission.

G. "Mission critical" means a system (either hardware or software) that is pivotal to supporting the mission of the agency and without which the agency would have difficulty providing key business services.

H. "PCC" means project certification committee a subcommittee of the ITC.

I. "Project costs" means all hardware, software, development, testing and training expenditures, both planned and actual.

J. "Project lifecycle" means the period of time commencing with conception of an information technology project and culminating with the acceptance and operation of products produced by the project.

K. "Program" means a group of related projects managed in a coordinated manner.

L. "Qualified" means demonstrated experience successfully managing information technology projects.

M. "Quality" means the degree to which a system, system component, or process meets specified requirements, customer needs, and user expectations.

N. "Quality assurance" means a planned and systematic pattern of all actions necessary to provide adequate confidence that a product or system component conforms to established requirements.

O. "Strategy" means a plan of action for achieving a goal.

P. "Validation" means ensuring a system meets documented performance outcomes and requirements of the project.

Q. "Verification" means application of an appropriate test yielding documentable, measurable evidence that ensures a process executed or the technical system developed produces required performance outcomes.