Quality Assurance Decision Matrix
Level of Focus
Task/Effort Name:    
Characteristic Low Focus Medium Focus High Focus Level
Budget 
(with implied effort)
Less than $500,000 $500,000 - $1,000,000 $1,000,000 or greater  
  Indicate Appropriate Level 1 2 X 1
Organizations Involved Work group within agency Agency-wide More than one agency or entity  
  Indicate Appropriate Level 1 2 3 1
Time to Deliver Less than 6 months to operation Between 6 - 12 months to operation More than 1 year to operational status  
  Indicate Appropriate Level 1 2 3 2
Impact on Agency Minimal change, or extends systems now in use Moderate change or modifies systems now in use, but doesn't change work processes Significant change to work methods of agency personnel and/or delivery of services to agency clients  
  Indicate Appropriate Level 1 2 4 4
Impact Outside Agency Affects mostly internal operations of the agency Indirectly impacts citizens and/or has some visibility to the legislature Directly impacts citizens of the State and/or has high visibility to the legislature  
  Indicate Appropriate Level 1 3 5 1
Technology Standard, proven agency technology Proven in industry or at State level, but new to agency or program areas Emerging, unproven, or new for the State  
  Indicate Appropriate Level 1 2 3 3
Supplier Involvement Good experience in the past working with this supplier Other agencies have had problems with this supplier or team.   Members are distributed in several locations Outsourcing for the first time, working with a new supplier, or the supplier has been difficult to deal with in the past  
  Indicate Appropriate Level 1 2 3 2
System Complexity Standalone system Some Integration with another system New system needs to integrate with several others, and/or they are critical systems  
  Indicate Appropriate Level 1 2 4 1
Total       15
'X' Requires The State of Texas Quality Assurance Team Participation
If Total is greater than 19, the project is defined as High Focus 
If Total is greater than 12, the project is defined as Medium Focus
If Total is less than 12, the project is defined as Low Focus