Quality Planning

Definition

Quality planning is the quality engineering task during which the other quality tasks are planned.

Objectives

The typical objectives of the quality planning task are to:

• Plan the quality needs assessment task.
• Plan the quality modeling task.
• Plan the quality assurance task.
• Plan the quality control task.

Preconditions

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

• The endeavor has started.
• The quality team is adequately staffed and trained in performing the quality planning task.

Completion Criteria

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

• The quality plan has been completed, evaluated, and accepted by the customer representative.

Steps

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

• Quality Team:
  • Determine the quality risks, goals, and objectives of the endeavor.
  • Determine the quality work products to produce.
  • Determine the quality tasks and techniques to perform.
  • Determine the quality responsibilities of other teams and roles.
  • Determine the quality tools.
  • Schedule the quality tasks.
  • Produce the quality plan.
  • Informally evaluate the quality plan.
  • Have the quality plan formally evaluated.
  • Iterate and maintain the quality plan.

Techniques

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

• Document templates and content and format standard.

Work Products

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

• Quality Set:
  • Quality Plan.

Guidelines

• Coordinate with the process team regarding the:
  • Quality work products to produce.
  • Quality tasks and techniques to perform.
  • Quality responsibilities of other teams and roles.
  • Quality tools.
• Coordinate with the metrics team regarding the definitions of the quality factors and the selection of associated quality metrics.
• Coordinate with the requirements team regarding the responsibilities for (and the determination and specification of) the quality requirements (a part of quality modeling).
• Coordinate with the architecture team regarding the responsibilities for (and the determination and documentation of) the mechanisms for achieving the quality requirements.