Policy Compliance
Liberum's engagement model is built around the policies that govern Washington State IT oversight — not layered on top of them.
PM-03 — IT Project Management Policy
Establishes project management requirements for state agency IT investments, including tiering, governance expectations, and oversight obligations.
Our approach
We treat PM-03 as the floor, not the ceiling. Every Liberum engagement begins with a tier assessment that aligns to PM-03's risk-based categorization. Our assessment rhythm, documentation standards, and reporting cadence are calibrated to the tier of the underlying investment. For Tier 3 programs, we assume full enhanced oversight by default — staffing, access, and independence safeguards included in the QA Plan from day one.
PM-03-03-S — IT Project Quality Assurance Standard
Defines required QA activities, reporting cadences, knowledge-area coverage, and escalation paths for state IT projects subject to independent oversight.
Our approach
Our knowledge-area model — fifteen disciplines covering core PM domains plus data, integration, OCM, and agency readiness — directly maps to PM-03-03-S coverage expectations. Each assessment produces a structured rating (Green / Yellow / Red / Gray) per knowledge area, supported by narrative and evidence. Findings, recommendations, and risks are tracked with owners and aging metrics. When conditions warrant, we issue escalation notices through the channels PM-03-03-S defines, not around them.
PM-01 — Project Management Framework
Provides the baseline project management framework for state IT investments, including planning, execution, and closeout discipline.
Our approach
We don't critique PM-01 from the outside; we use it as the common language between our assessments and the project team's own practice. Our schedule, scope, cost, and risk assessments reference PM-01 elements directly, which keeps our feedback actionable and defensible. When project teams rebut a finding, we can point to the exact framework element in question — and when they adopt a recommendation, we can track it in the same vocabulary they already use.
Contract 14822 — IT Professional Services (Category 2: QA)
The Department of Enterprise Services master contract under which independent QA services are procured for state agencies.
Our approach
Liberum engagements are contracted through DES 14822 Category 2 (Quality Assurance). We satisfy the minimum-quote requirement (three quotes per engagement), we include veteran-owned or Washington small-business quotes where eligible, and we track PO, SOW, and contract value against each engagement in a dedicated ContractInfo record. Our platform surfaces 14822 compliance as a first-class feature — not a filing-cabinet exercise.
PMBOK + IEEE 730 — Assessment Frameworks
Recognized professional standards for project management (PMBOK) and software quality assurance planning (IEEE 730).
Our approach
Where WaTech policy is the required structure, PMBOK and IEEE 730 are the professional backbone we use to make our assessments rigorous and portable. Our rating criteria, risk-scoring model, and deliverable templates reference these standards so that state agencies receive oversight consistent with the broader professional QA community — not a bespoke methodology that leaves them holding the bag when staff change over.
Questions about how we handle a specific policy?
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