Risk Assessment Include risk assessments as an on-going part of the management of information resource projects. Two risk assessment vendors are available to organizations through State Master Contracts. Since many IT contracts will involve a team of vendors and State personnel, roles and responsibilities of all parties participating in the project should be clearly defined. Contract management Information technology contracts are complex. Even the best contract will not achieve its objectives without active management of the contract by the organization.
Contract management is a critical component of overall project management.
Contracts which are actively managed for specified performance objectives are most likely to achieve desired results. The Contract Management Budget Request Guideline FY 1998-1999 defines contract management responsibility, authority and accountability within an organization and identifies best practices for contract management. Resource management Resource management includes evaluating available and planned additions to manpower resources against available and qualified organizational staffing to assure that manpower resource needs are met by the most economical mix of accessible, experienced consultant and contractor personnel. Resource management also requires the review and evaluation of new tasks and changes in existing tasks to assure that increases or decreases in task cost and schedule are acceptable and are appropriately approved. Quality assurance Planning for and implementing quality assurance throughout the life of the project is critical to project success.