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TITLE 1ADMINISTRATION
PART 10DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES
CHAPTER 216PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
SUBCHAPTER CPROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
RULE §216.21Requirements

Each institution of higher education shall manage information resources projects based on project management practices that meet the following criteria:

  (1) Include a standardized and repeatable method for delivery of information resources projects that solve business problems;

  (2) Include a method for governing application of project management practices;

  (3) Be documented and include a single reference source (e.g., handbook, guide, repository);

  (4) Include a project classification method developed by DIR, the institution of higher education, or another source that:

    (A) Differentiates and categorizes projects according to level of complexity and risk (e.g., technology, size, budget, time to deliver); and

    (B) Defines how to use the project classification method to establish, scale, and execute the appropriate level of processes;

  (5) Include a method to periodically review, assess, monitor, measure, and improve the impact of organizational project management practices on the institution of higher education's ability to achieve its strategic objectives and deliver business value;

  (6) Accommodate use of other practices and methods that intersect with application of project management practices; and

  (7) Be reviewed and updated at least every two years to facilitate continuous process improvement.


Source Note: The provisions of this §216.21 adopted to be effective November 11, 2007, 32 TexReg 7894; amended to be effective November 23, 2015, 40 TexReg 8198

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