Service 11 · Independent Review

Independent eyes on
programs that matter.

Independent verification & validation, project assessments, and quality reviews for state agency programs and enterprise IT initiatives — successfully delivered for the State of Vermont and other public-sector clients.

What we do

Independent review, written to be acted on.

Independent verification & validation

End-to-end IV&V across the project lifecycle — requirements, design, build, test, and deployment — aligned to CMS, IEEE 1012, and state-specific oversight frameworks.

Project & program assessments

Health checks, risk assessments, and recovery reviews for at-risk programs — with findings written for the steering committee that has to act on them, not buried in appendices.

Quality & compliance reviews

Quality management reviews, deliverable acceptance support, and compliance audits against contractual, regulatory, and federal requirements.

Vendor & deliverable oversight

Independent oversight of system integrators and platform vendors — verifying that what was promised in the SOW is what was delivered, on schedule and to specification.

Stakeholder reporting

Monthly IV&V reports, dashboards, and executive briefings written for legislative committees, federal partners, and agency leadership — at the level of detail each audience actually needs.

Advisory & coaching

Trusted-advisor engagements for state PMOs and program directors — a second pair of eyes on the decisions that arise between formal IV&V cycles.

Who it's for

Built around two kinds of buyers, with different constraints.

State & local government

Agencies running large IT modernization programs under federal funding, legislative oversight, or independent-review mandates — Medicaid, eligibility & enrollment, financial systems, child welfare, transportation.

  • Aligned to CMS, USDA, ACF, and other federal IV&V requirements.
  • Reports in formats expected by federal partners and legislative committees.
  • Independent of system integrators — no conflicts of interest with the work being reviewed.
  • Works alongside existing PMO, QA, and program management functions.

Enterprise clients

Executive sponsors and steering committees on high-stakes initiatives — ERP rollouts, platform consolidations, multi-vendor integrations — who need independent assurance the program is on track.

  • Provides objective assessment of program health and trajectory.
  • Surfaces risk and remediation options before they become escalations.
  • Validates vendor and integrator deliverables against contracted scope.
  • Reports written for the audience that has to make the decision.

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