Project Quality Management
Project Quality Management
During the Tender stage of a new project, Organizations are usually asked to submit a Quality Plan for the project and submitting your organizations’ Quality Manual is not what is required. In this article I will touch on the difference of the two documents and focus on the content of the Quality Plan.
In short, the Quality Manual comprises of all the ISO 9001:2015 Standard requirements where the Quality Plan addresses the quality of the deliverables of a project and is a collection of documents that is used to specify quality standards, practices, resources, specifications, and the sequence of activities related to a particular product, service or project.
A Quality Plan ensures that an organization has specified the policies, the objectives, established a system of procedures to accomplish them, assigned duties, delegated authority and set up suitable inspection, testing, examination and audit programs to verify that the requisite standards of performance and customer satisfaction are achieved. A Quality Plan is designed to accomplish and demonstrate achievement, compliance of or to all contractual material, equipment and services quality, performance and workmanship requirements specified a contract.
A typical Project Quality Plan Framework would consist of the following;
Introduction & Purpose
- Scope of Application
- Contract Particulars
- Corporate and Contract Specific Quality System Documentation:
- Issue / Revision Control & Distribution
Terms & Definitions
Quality Policy, Objective and Commitment
- Project Quality Policy
- The objectives for this project are listed below
Quality Management System
- General
- Interaction and Application of the Processes
- Documentation Requirements
- Documentation Structure
- Documents & Records Procedure:
- Document Numbering System
- Letters, Transmittal and Faxes Numbering
- Shop Drawings
- Control of Quality Records
- Software Data Backup
- Retention Off Records
Management Responsibility
- Responsibility, Authority and Communication
- Internal communication
- Management Review
Resource Management
- Human Resources
- Infrastructure
- Work Environment
Product Realization
- Planning of Product Realization
- Customer Related Processes
- Clarifications on Site
- Variations / Site Measurements
- Design and Development (wherever applicable)
- Purchasing
- Production and Service Provision
- Control of Monitoring and Measuring Devices
Measurements, Analysis and Improvement
- General
- Monitoring and Measurement
- Control of Non-Conforming Product
- Analysis of Data
- Project Close Out Procedure
Attachments
Should you require more information with regards to the input of a Quality Plan during the Tender stage of a Project, or you need a Project related Quality Plan, please contact us.
