- Project Management Plan: This is the primary document that outlines how the project will be managed, executed, and controlled. It includes:
- Quality Management Plan: Provides details on how quality requirements will be achieved.
- Process Improvement Plan: Details the steps to enhance the project’s performance.
- Scope Baseline: Helps in understanding the project requirements and deliverables.
- Quality Metrics: These are the specific criteria against which the project’s performance will be measured. Examples include defect frequency, failure rate, and response time.
- Quality Checklists are predefined lists to ensure that a standard set of processes or criteria are reviewed or completed. They help in ensuring that no steps are missed during the QC process.
- Work Performance Data: This provides real-time information about the project’s performance. It includes data on which activities have been completed, which are in progress, and which are yet to start.
- Approved Change Requests: These changes have been reviewed, approved and are yet to be implemented. They can impact the project’s scope, cost, and schedule. The QC process ensures these changes are implemented correctly and meet quality standards.
- Deliverables: These are tangible or intangible products, results, or capabilities produced from the project activities. The QC process inspects deliverables to meet the specified quality criteria.
- Organizational Process Assets: These are any artifacts, equipment, or knowledge from all organizations involved in the project. This could include:
- Quality policies and procedures: Guidelines and criteria set by the organization to ensure quality.
- Historical information and lessons learned: Past project records that can provide insights into the current project.
- Templates: Predefined formats or structures that can be used in the project.
Using these inputs, the QC process can effectively monitor and measure project results against the quality standards set in the planning phase. If discrepancies are found, corrective actions can be taken to ensure the project’s deliverables meet the desired quality standards.
