PROJECT QUALITY
EXAMPLE TEMPLATE

PROJECT QUALITY EXAMPLE

Project Name

Project ID

Version 0.0.0

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DOCUMENT CONTROL

FILE NAME	DOCUMENT ID
DOCUMENT OWNER	ISSUE DATE	LAST SAVED DATE

VERSION HISTORY

VERSION	REVISION DATE	DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE	AUTHOR

DOCUMENT APPROVALS

ROLE	NAME	SIGNATURE	DATE
Project Sponsor
Project Review Group
Project Manager
Quality Assurance Manager
Procurement Manager (if applicable)
Communications Manager (if applicable)
Project Office Manager (if applicable)
Other (if applicable)

TEMPLATE GUIDE

HOW TO USE THIS TEMPLATE

This project quality example template guides you through the sections of a quality example plan. You may add, remove, or edit sections to suit your needs. This template includes sample tables that contain content suggestions for your plan. You can customize any section in this template, including tables, text, etc.

QUALITY example OVERVIEW

Provide a high-level overview of your project quality example for your project, product, or service. You might include the following:

Quality Control Objectives: These include the specifications, characteristics, cycle time, cost, resources, reduction of imperfections and bugs, and degree of uniformity, effectiveness, dependability, etc.

Quality Control Steps: These include steps in the process that relate to your organization’s operating practices or procedures.

Quality Control Responsibilities: These include the sponsors, management, and resources that you have to consider during the quality control process.

Quality Control Documented Standards: These include the applicable quality control practices, procedures, and instructions.

Quality Control Testing: This includes the quality control testing criteria that you’ll use at various stages. Criteria include the inspection, audit programs, etc.

Quality Control Change Process: This refers to how you will document and communicate changes/improvements to the quality control process.

Quality Control KPIs: Here, you include the details concerning the key performance indicators (KPIs) that you’ll use for measuring the effectiveness of the quality control objectives.

Table of Contents

DOCUMENT CONTROL	2

VERSION HISTORY	2

DOCUMENT APPROVALS	2

TEMPLATE GUIDE	3

QUALITY EXAMPLE OVERVIEW	3

1.	QUALITY STANDARDS	5

2.	QUALITY OBJECTIVES	6

3.	QUALITY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES	7

4.	DELIVERABLES AND PROCESSES SUBJECT TO QUALITY REVIEW	8

5.	QUALITY CONTROL MILESTONES	9

APPENDICES	10

QUALITY STANDARDS

Provide details regarding any product or industry quality standards that apply to your project quality example. For example, applicable industry standards might include the International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) quality standards, etc. Or, your plan might have to account for certain quality criteria that your company or client requires.

QUALITY OBJECTIVES

Provide details regarding the quality example objectives for the overall project or product’s deliverables. Be as specific as you can. Include your criteria for measuring success. You can use a separate quality metrics table to enter the detailed metrics for each deliverable.

METRIC/SPECIFICATION	MEASURE
QUALITY CONTROL OBJECTIVES	Include the specifications, characteristics, cycle time, cost, resources, reduction of imperfections and bugs, and degree of uniformity, effectiveness, dependability, etc.
QUALITY CONTROL STEPS	Include steps in the process that relate to your organization’s operating practices or procedures.
QUALITY CONTROL RESPONSIBILITIES	Include the sponsors, management, and resources that you have to consider during the quality control process.
QUALITY CONTROL DOCUMENTED STANDARDS	Include the applicable quality control practices, procedures, and instructions.
QUALITY CONTROL TESTING	Include the quality control testing criteria that you’ll use at various stages. Criteria include the inspection, audit programs, etc.
QUALITY CONTROL CHANGE PROCESS	Include how you will document and communicate changes/ improvements to the quality control process.
QUALITY CONTROL KPIs	Include the details concerning the key performance indicators (KPIs) that you’ll use for measuring the effectiveness of the quality control objectives.
ETC.

QUALITY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Enter the roles and responsibilities that you’ll need for the quality control process.

ROLES	RESPONSIBILITIES
QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER	This person is responsible for the overall quality control process regarding the project/product.
PROJECT MANAGER	This person is responsible for scheduling and managing the quality control activities.
DEVELOPER(S)	This person is responsible for developing/delivering the quality control standards.
QUALITY ASSURANCE TEAM MEMBER(S)	This person is responsible for the quality of the project or product’s individual components.
ETC.

DELIVERABLES AND PROCESSES SUBJECT TO QUALITY REVIEW

Provide a list of the project or product’s quality control deliverables. Also include a list of the processes that you will undertake to review quality.

DELIVERABLE OR PROCESS TO REVIEW	DETAILS OF QUALITY REVIEW
Requirements Analysis
Test Planning
Test Design
Test Execution and Defect Reporting
Retesting and Regression Testing
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Release Testing
Etc.

QUALITY CONTROL MILESTONES

Provide details regarding how and when you will check quality.

QUALITY CONTROL PROCESS	MILESTONES	OWNER	DOCUMENTATION
Requirements Analysis	Determine test readiness dates	Project Manager
UAT	Perform 1-week user acceptance testing (UAT) to ensure project/product quality	QA Manager

APPENDICES

Provide any additional information related to your quality control process, including quality control process forms, diagrams, policy documents, etc.

APPENDIX	ITEM	LOCATION

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