Notice: applying this to your agency.
The IT Project Resources are not meant to replace your agency’s internal project management practices or prescribe how you must operate. Instead, they offer concepts and tools that can strengthen delivery by providing a scalable framework for project level coordination. All project documentation should be maintained throughout each stage in alignment with agency policies and, where applicable, WaTech requirements and oversight expectations.
For Programs
This plan defines how all program‑level management plans, design artifacts, and governance processes will be coordinated, controlled, and kept aligned across the enterprise. It establishes a unified framework that ensures consistency in requirements, design decisions, risk management, change control, and documentation across all participating agencies.
The plan outlines how the enterprise program will:
- Integrate inputs from multiple agencies into a single, cohesive program direction.
- Maintain alignment across requirements, architecture, security, data, and implementation plans.
- Coordinate decision‑making bodies, governance forums, and escalation paths.
- Ensure that all sub‑projects operate within a shared enterprise framework while accommodating agency‑specific needs.
This is the “plan of plans” that ensures the entire program moves forward in a coordinated, controlled, and strategically aligned manner.
For Programs with Agency Sub‑Projects
This plan defines how the enterprise program and agency sub‑projects will work together to maintain alignment across planning, design, and delivery activities. It clarifies how agency‑specific plans will integrate into the enterprise framework and how decisions, changes, and risks will be coordinated across organizational boundaries.
The plan ensures that each agency sub‑project:
- Follows consistent planning and governance structure.
- Contributes requirements, design inputs, and decisions into the enterprise process.
- Adheres to enterprise standards while documenting agency‑specific constraints.
- Participates in shared governance forums and decision‑making processes.
- Maintains traceability between agency‑level plans and enterprise‑level plans.
This ensures that agency autonomy is respected while maintaining enterprise cohesion.
For Projects
This plan defines how all project management plans, design artifacts, and governance processes will be integrated and controlled within the project. It ensures that requirements, design decisions, risks, changes, and documentation remain aligned with the approved scope, schedule, and budget.
The plan outlines how the project will:
- Coordinate all subsidiary plans (requirements, design, security, data, testing, procurement, etc.).
- Maintain a unified change control process.
- Ensure consistent decision‑making and documentation.
- Align with WaTech enterprise architecture, security, and project oversight expectations.
This provides the structure needed to manage the project holistically and maintain alignment across all planning and execution activities.
WaTech available template: Integration Management Plan