Quality Needs Assessment



Definition

Quality needs assessment is the quality engineering task during which an endeavor’s needs for quality modeling, quality assurance, and quality control are determined.

Objectives

The typical objectives of the quality needs assessment task are to:

Preconditions

A quality needs assessment task may typically be held when the following preconditions hold:

Completion Criteria

A quality needs assessment task is typically complete when the following postconditions hold:

Steps

A quality needs assessment task typically involves the following producers performing the following steps in an iterative, incremental, and parallel manner:

Techniques

A quality needs assessment task can typically be performed using the following techniques:

Work Products

A quality needs assessment task typically produces all or part of the following work products:

Guidelines