IT Systems Life Cycle Management Directive

Citation
FBI, IT Systems Life Cycle Management Directive (LCMD) has established nine phases that occur during the development, implementation, and retirement of IT projects. During these phases, specific requirements must be met for the project to obtain the necessary FBI management approvals to proceed to the next phase.

The approvals to proceed from one phase to the next occur through seven control gates, where management boards meet to discuss and approve or disapprove a project's progression to future phases of development and implementation. The seven control-gate reviews provide management control and direction, decision-making, coordination, confirmation of successful performance of activities, and determination of a system's readiness to proceed to the next life cycle phase.

Source

 * Office of the Inspector General, Audit Report 07-40 (Aug. 2007) (full-text).