Inputs to quality assurance process
The inputs to quality assurance are:
- Project management plan: This contains quality management plan which describes how quality assurance will be performed in the project (discussed earlier in section 2.3.2) and process improvement plan which gives the steps for analysing process to identify activities that enhance their value.
- Quality metrics: This is an output of quality planning.
- Work performance information: As the project progresses the performance information from project activities is routinely collected. The performance results that support the audit process include:
- Technical performance measures.
- Project deliverables status.
- Schedule progress.
- Costs incurred.
- Quality control measurements: These are the results of quality control activities which are used to analyse and evaluate the quality standards and processes of the performing organisation.