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 Project and Program
Develop a comprehensive Quality Management Plan that defines the standards, processes, and checkpoints necessary to ensure that project deliverables meet performance, security, and WaTech compliance expectations. The Quality Management Plan serves as a proactive control mechanism to validate quality throughout the project lifecycle and supports oversight, impacted group confidence, and successful delivery. It outlines which deliverables will be validated, and approved, and defines the roles, tools, and acceptance criteria required to ensure quality across all stages of the project.
Key Activities:
- Define quality objectives and acceptance criteria for each major deliverable
- Identify QA roles and responsibilities across the project team and vendor partners
- Document testing processes, including unit, integration, and regression testing
- Specify tools, environments, and protocols for validation and defect tracking
- Align QA checkpoints with stage gates, oversight reviews, and milestone approvals
- Establish defect resolution workflows and reporting cadence
- Review and update the plan prior to build activities and throughout the lifecycle
- Reference the QA Plan during testing, deployment, and stabilization stages
WaTech available template: Quality Management Plan