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State of Arkansas Office of Information Technology
124 W. Capitol Ave. Suite 990 Little Rock, AR 72201 501.682.4300 Voice 501.682.4020 Fax http://www.cio.arkansas.gov/techarch

Best Practices Statement – Project Management
Title:

Best Practices for Managing State Information Technology Projects

Document Number: BP33-001 Effective Date: 09/01/2003 Published by: Office of Information Technology 1.0 Purpose
1.1 This best practice document was created to a) assist agencies in their project management planning and, b) provide an easily transportable and user friendly project management methodology reference for agencies within the State of Arkansas.

1.2 The best practice guidelines are generic enough to be applied to all projects within the state. It is transferable from project to project but is not intended to be the sole source of information on Project Management.

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2.1 The Project Management Best Practices support Arkansas Policy Statement PS-33,
Project Management: Guidelines for Managing State Information Technology Projects: http://www.cio.arkansas.gov/techarch/indexes/policies.htm

2.2 These Project Management Best Practices tend to focus on information technology projects. However, the best practices can be applied to other types of projects (e.g., manufacturing, constructions, research and development, and marketing).

2.3 Policy Statement-33 is the state policy regarding project management and serves as a guideline for managing information technology projects for the State of Arkansas.

2.4 The Project Management Best Practices are a basis for a standard sequence of processes and associated documents that will facilitate the implementation and control of project management phases at all levels of state government.

2.5 The Project Management Best Practices are intended for top-level managers, experienced and non-experienced project managers, project mentors and coaches, project management instructors, project team

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