Contents The course covers the following topics:
1. Introduction to quality management
2. Quality tools and techniques
3. Statistical process control and acceptance sampling
4. Quality management systems and awards
5. Total quality management TQM
Topic Coverage
Quality Planning
The process of identifying which quality assurance standards are relevant to projects and determining how to satisfy them.
Input includes: Quality policy, scope statement, product description, standards and regulations, and other process Output.
Methods used: benefit / cost analysis, benchmarking, flowcharting, and design of experiments
Output includes: Quality Management Plan, operational definitions, checklists, and Input to other processes.
Quality Assurance
The process of evaluating overall project performance on a regular basis to provide confidence that the project will satisfy the relevant quality standards.
Input includes: Quality Management Plan, results of quality control measurements, and operational definitions.
Methods used: quality planning tools and techniques and quality audits.
Output includes: quality improvement.
Quality Control
The control process of monitoring specific project results to determine if the outcomes comply with relevant quality standards and identifying ways to eliminate causes of unsatisfactory performance.
Input includes: work results, Quality Management Plan, operational definitions, and checklists.
Methods include: inspection, control charts, pareto diagrams, statistical sampling, flowcharting, and trend analysis.
Output includes: quality improvements, acceptance decisions, rework, completed checklists, and process adjustments.