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Content

Project Quality Management Plan

What is a Project Quality Management Plan (PQMP)?

The Project Quality Management Plan (PQMP) is the means by which the Integrated Project Team Leader (IPTL) formally documents and communicates to the project team the activities that are to be undertaken to ensure the effective discharge of the IPTL Quality responsibilities as defined in the IPTL Letter of Delegation DE&S Standing Instructions No.7.

What is the purpose of the PQMP?

The purpose of the PQMP is to:

• define how the Project Team intends to manage and assure the delivery of a product(s) that will meet the Military Sponsor and/or User’s expectations
• define the processes and controls that will be executed throughout the acquisition lifecycle
• enable management and monitoring of product quality and IPT performance.

What relationship does the PQMP have to the Through Life Management Plan (TLMP)?

As an aid to the acquisition of military capability a number of plans will be developed to assist with the management of the project. The PQMP is a key document for managing quality aspects, and will normally form a subset of the overarching Through Life Management Plan (TLMP).

What period of the acquisition lifecycle should the PQMP cover?

Planning for the delivery of a product that fully satisfied the requirements of the Military Sponsor (for example, quality), is a process that starts when the need for military capability has been identified and continues throughout the acquisition cycle.

When is the PQMP reviewed?

The PQMP is a working document and should be subject to review and update as the project progresses and matures.

What should be included in the PQMP?

The PQMP should detail:

• The Project Quality Strategy (PQS).
• An overview of the project, including MOD Sponsor’s quality expectations
• The acceptance criteria; a prioritised list of criteria for the final product(s) that must be satisfied before the MOD Sponsor and/or User will accept the product(s) into service.
• Quality organisation, responsibilities and stakeholders e.g. who is responsible for each aspect of quality of the product(s)and the level of competence required.
• Reference to any standards that need to be met.
• The business processes that are to be applied to the management of the project.
• The internal audit and review processes that are to be applied to assure the management of the project.
• The business processes that are to be applied to manage Supplier quality performance [341KB PDF].
• The controls that are to be applied to assure Supplier performance.
• Change management procedures.
• Plan review periodicity.
• Project specific milestones and the relationship with assurance activity.
• Management of risks for which quality assurance principles may be used in mitigation.
• Measuring project success through, for example – Learning From Experience (LFE), Post Project Evaluation (PPE), and the DE&S Assurance Process.
• Resources required to maintain and implement the plan.

Is further guidance available?

Further guidance can be obtained by contacting the DQA Helpline, see Getting Help.

Change History

Change History

1 December 2009

Removal of obsolete download: Exemplar Project Quality Management Plan, improved subheadings, new links to: AOF TLMP guidance and the Managing Quality Getting Help topic.

1 September 2009

Plan content checklist amended to include hyperlink to new Quality Performance Indicator (QPI) topic