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- A Quality Management Strategy is used to define the qualitytechniques and standards to be applied, and the variousresponsibilities for achieving the required quality levels, duringthe project.

- The Quality Management Strategy shouldcover the following topics.

- Introduction

- Quality ManagementProcedure

- Tools and Techniques

- Records

- Reporting

- Timing of Quality ManagementActivities

- Roles andResponsibilities

- The Quality Management Strategy is derived from the: Project Board; Project Brief, Projectmanagement team structure (for roles and responsibilities), Project Product Description (for thecustomer’s quality expectations and acceptance criteria); Organizational standards; Supplier andcustomer quality management systems; Configuration management requirements; Changecontrol requirements; Corporate or programme strategies; Facilitated workshops and informaldiscussions.

- A Quality Management Strategy can take a number offormats, including: Stand-alone document or a section in theProject Initiation Document; Entry in a project managementtool.

- The following quality criteriashould be observed:

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- [Document the project’s approach to quality control activities. This mayinclude: Quality standards, Templates and forms to be employed (e.g.Product Description(s), Quality Register), Definitions of types of qualitymethods (e.g. inspection, pilot), and Metrics to be employed in support ofquality control]

- [Document the project’s approach to quality assurance activities.This may include: Responsibilities of the Project Board,Compliance audits, and Corporate or programme managementreviews]