I ran across some very unique work from the state of
Missouri in the area of
project oversight the other day.
Missouri’s
well documented approach to project oversight is not only a great state
government practice; it is by far the best documented practice in the public or
private sector that I could find in this area. The project oversight
methodology
was
nominated for a NASCIO recognition award in 2004 under the State IT
Management category.
The five guidance documents on
Missouri’s project oversight website
represent a comprehensive, end-to-end project oversight methodology. In
addition to detailed process flows, artifact definitions and templates, the
methodology also includes simple but very useful explanations, such as the
table illustrating the differences between project management and project
oversight, which I’ve reproduced below.
ProjectOversight.png (7 KB)
In my mind, items such as Missouri’s project oversight approach are
the types of knowledge capital that would have been great seeds on which to
found the Government Open Code Collaborative (GOCC), which I’ve blogged about
in the past. Since the GOCC appears to be all but dead, I don’t know what other
alternatives are available for inter-State exchange of government practices,
outside of NASCIO. I’ve decided to mirror Missouri’s documents on my site and have
included links below. Hopefully, Missouri
can find a way to proactively open source these documents, even if no common
exchange exists for such materials.
Project Oversight, Part 1 (598 KB)Project Oversight, Part 2 - Chapter 1 (2086.5 KB)Project Oversight, Part 2 - Chapter 2 (2019.5 KB)Project Oversight, Part 2 - Chapter 3a (1820.5 KB)Project Oversight, Part 2 - Chapter 4 (1042 KB)