ICxA Global Standards

Project Outcome Assurance Standards Structure

ICxA Global Standards

Project Outcome Assurance Standards Structure

Project Outcome Assurance is organized as a two-layer standards architecture:

  • Outcome Governance Standard (ISO-level)

  • Commissioning & Outcome Execution Standards (IEC-level)

This structure ensures outcomes are governed consistently across all projects, while execution methods remain aligned to the technical standards that produce the required outcome evidence.

Outcome Governance (ISO-Level)

The ISO Outcome Assuracne Standard defines the WHY and WHAT of outcome assurance.

It establishes a consistent governance framework for:

  • Defining outcomes

  • Governing decision rights

  • Authorizing outcomes

  • Ensuring outcome evidence exists and is credible

This standard is intentionally discipline-agnostic and applies across all project types, sectors, and delivery models.

Commissioning & Outcome Execution (IEC-Level)

The Commissioning & Outcome Sxecution standard define the HOW.

This standard provides the commissioning, verification, and evidence framework required to produce the information needed to support outcome authorization.

The Commissioning & Outcome Execution standard applies to all projects and systems, such as:

  • Power Systems

  • Process & Media Systems

  • Building & Life Safety Systems

  • Transport & System-of-Systems

  • Operational Readiness

Why This Structure Works

This architecture is intentionally designed to separate:

Governance (authorization, accountability, decision rights)
from
Execution (testing, verification, commissioning methods, evidence production)

This ensures:

  • the governance standard remains stable and widely applicable; and

  • execution standards can evolve by sector, system type, and technology without fragmenting outcome governance.

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