PROJECT MANAGEMENT. Quality Management (QM) Course 7 Project Management Knowledge Areas (5) Risk Management (RM)

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1 PROJECT MANAGEMENT Course 7 Project Management Knowledge Areas (5) Quality Management (QM) Risk Management (RM) Cătălina Mancaș QM + RM Processes: Inputs Tools & Techniques Outputs

2 Project Quality Management includes the processes and activities of the performing organization that determine quality policies, objectives, and responsibilities so that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken. Project Quality Management works to ensure that the project requirements, including product requirements, are met and validated Project Risk Management includes the processes of conducting risk management planning, identification, analysis, response planning, and controlling risk on a project. Course Focus Knowledge Areas Quality Management 2

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5 Quality Management Project QM addresses the management of the project and the deliverables of the project. It applies to all projects, regardless of the nature of their deliverables. Quality measures and techniques are specific to the type of deliverables being produced by the project. 5

6 Quality Management Plan Quality Management The process of identifying quality requirements and/or standards for the project and its deliverables and documenting how the project will demonstrate compliance with quality requirements. Perform Quality Assurance The process of auditing the quality requirements and the results from quality control measurements to ensure that appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used. Control Quality The process of monitoring and recording results of executing the quality activities to assess performance and recommend necessary changes. 6

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8 Quality Management 1 Plan Quality Management 8

9 1 Plan Quality Management Plan Quality Management is the process of identifying quality requirements and/or standards for the project and its deliverables, and documenting how the project will demonstrate compliance with relevant quality requirements. The key benefit of this process is that it provides guidance and direction on how quality will be managed and validated throughout the project. 9

10 1 Plan Quality Management: Outputs Quality metrics A quality metric specifically describes a project or product attribute and how the control quality process will measure it. A measurement is an actual value. The tolerance defines the allowable variations to the metric. For example, if the quality objective is to stay within the approved budget by ± 10%, the specific quality metric is used to measure the cost of every deliverable and determine the percent variance from the approved budget for that deliverable. Quality metrics are used in the perform quality assurance and control quality processes. Some examples of quality metrics include on-time performance, cost control, defect frequency, failure rate, availability, reliability, and test coverage. 10

11 1 Plan Quality Management: Outputs Quality Management Plan The quality management plan is a component of the project management plan that describes how the organization s quality policies will be implemented. It describes how the project management team plans to meet the quality requirements set for the project. The quality management plan may be formal or informal, detailed, or broadly framed. The style and detail of the quality management plan are determined by the requirements of the project. The quality management plan should be reviewed early in the project to ensure that decisions are based on accurate information. The benefits of this review can include a sharper focus on the project s value proposition and reductions in costs and in the frequency of schedule overruns that were caused by rework. 11

12 Quality Management 2 Perform Quality Assurance 12

13 2 Perform Quality Assurance Perform Quality Assurance is the process of auditing the quality requirements and the results from quality control measurements to ensure that appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used. The key benefit of this process is that it facilitates the improvement of quality processes. 13

14 2 Perform Quality Assurance: Tools & Techniques Quality Management and Control Tools The Perform Quality Assurance process uses the tools and techniques of the Plan Quality Management and Control Quality processes. In addition, other tools that are available include: Affinity diagrams Process decision program charts (PDPC) Interrelationship digraphs Tree diagrams Prioritization matrices Activity network diagrams Matrix diagrams 14

15 2 Perform Quality Assurance: Tools & Techniques Quality Management and Control Tools 15

16 2 Perform Quality Assurance: Tools & Techniques Quality Management and Control Tools The Perform Quality Assurance process uses the tools and techniques of the Plan Quality Management and Control Quality processes. In addition, other tools that are available include : Affinity diagrams The affinity diagram is similar to mind-mapping techniques in that they are used to generate ideas that can be linked to form organized patterns of thought about a problem. In the creation of the WBS may be enhanced by using the affinity diagram to give structure to the decomposition of scope. Process decision program charts (PDPC) Used to understand a goal in relation to the steps for getting to the goal. The PDPC is useful as a method for contingency planning because it aids teams in anticipating intermediate steps that could derail achievement of the goal. 16

17 2 Perform Quality Assurance: Tools & Techniques Quality Management and Control Tools Interrelationship digraphs An adaptation of relationship diagrams. The interrelationship digraphs provide a process for creative problem solving in moderately complex scenarios that possess intertwined logical relationships for up to 50 relevant items. The interrelationship digraph may be developed from data generated in other tools such as the affinity diagram, the tree diagram, or the fishbone diagram. Tree diagrams Also known as systematic diagrams and may be used to represent decomposition hierarchies such as the WBS, RBS (risk breakdown structure), and OBS (organizational breakdown structure). In, tree diagrams are useful in visualizing the parent-to-child relationships in any decomposition hierarchy that uses a systematic set of rules that define a nesting relationship. 17

18 2 Perform Quality Assurance: Tools & Techniques Quality Management and Control Tools Prioritization matrices. Identify the key issues and the suitable alternatives to be prioritized as a set of decisions for implementation. Criteria are prioritized and weighted before being applied to all available alternatives to obtain a mathematical score that ranks the options. Activity network diagrams Previously known as arrow diagrams. They include both the AOA (Activity on Arrow) and, most commonly used, AON (Activity on Node) formats of a network diagram. Activity network diagrams are used with project scheduling methodologies such as program evaluation and review technique (PERT), critical path method (C), and precedence diagramming method (PDM). Matrix diagrams A QM and control tool used to perform data analysis within the organizational structure created in the matrix. The matrix diagram seeks to show the strength of relationships between factors, causes, and objectives that exist between the rows and columns that form the matrix. 18

19 2 Perform Quality Assurance: Tools & Techniques Quality Audits A quality audit is a structured, independent process to determine if project activities comply with organizational and project policies, processes, and procedures. The objectives of a quality audit may include: Identify all good and best practices being implemented; Identify all nonconformity, gaps, and shortcomings; Share good practices introduced or implemented in similar projects in the organization and/or industry; Proactively offer assistance in a positive manner to improve implementation of processes to help the team raise productivity; and Highlight contributions of each audit in the lessons learned repository of the organization. Quality audits may be scheduled or random, and may be conducted by internal or external auditors. 19

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21 2 Control Quality Control Quality is the process of monitoring and recording results of executing the quality activities to assess performance and recommend necessary changes. The key benefits of this process include: (1) identifying the causes of poor process or product quality and recommending and/or taking action to eliminate them; and (2) validating that project deliverables and work meet the requirements specified by key stakeholders necessary for final acceptance. 21

22 3 Control Quality: Tools & Techniques Seven Basic Quality Tools (7QC Tools) The seven basic quality tools, also known in the industry as 7QC Tools, are used within the context of the PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) Cycle to solve quality-related problems. Cause-and-effect diagrams Flowcharts Checksheets Pareto diagrams Histograms Control Charts Scatter diagrams 22

23 3 Control Quality: Tools & Techniques Seven Basic Quality Tools (7QC Tools) 23

24 3 Control Quality: Tools & Techniques Seven Basic Quality Tools (7QC Tools) Interrelationship digraphs An adaptation of relationship diagrams. The interrelationship digraphs provide a process for creative problem solving in moderately complex scenarios that possess intertwined logical relationships for up to 50 relevant items. The interrelationship digraph may be developed from data generated in other tools such as the affinity diagram, the tree diagram, or the fishbone diagram. Tree diagrams Also known as systematic diagrams and may be used to represent decomposition hierarchies such as the WBS, RBS (risk breakdown structure), and OBS (organizational breakdown structure). In, tree diagrams are useful in visualizing the parent-to-child relationships in any decomposition hierarchy that uses a systematic set of rules that define a nesting relationship. 24

25 3 Control Quality: Tools & Techniques Seven Basic Quality Tools (7QC Tools) Checksheets may be used as a checklist when gathering data. Checksheets are used to organize facts in a manner that will facilitate the effective collection of useful data about a potential quality problem. They are especially useful for gathering attributes data while performing inspections to identify defects. For example, data about the frequencies or consequences of defects collected in checksheets are often displayed using Pareto diagrams. Pareto diagrams exist as a special form of vertical bar chart and are used to identify the vital few sources that are responsible for causing most of a problem s effects. The categories shown on the horizontal axis exist as a valid probability distribution that accounts for 100% of the possible observations. The relative frequencies of each specified cause listed on the horizontal axis decrease in magnitude until the default source named other accounts for any nonspecified causes. Typically, the Pareto diagram will be organized into categories that measure either frequencies or consequences. 25

26 3 Control Quality: Tools & Techniques Seven Basic Quality Tools (7QC Tools) Histograms are a special form of bar chart and are used to describe the central tendency, dispersion, and shape of a statistical distribution. Control charts are used to determine whether or not a process is stable or has predictable performance. Upper and lower specification limits are based on requirements of the agreement. They reflect the maximum and minimum values allowed. The project manager and appropriate stakeholders may use the statistically calculated control limits to identify the points at which corrective action will be taken to prevent unnatural performance. Scatter diagrams plot ordered pairs (X, Y) and are sometimes called correlation charts because they seek to explain a change in the dependent variable, Y, in relationship to a change observed in the corresponding independent variable, X. 26

27 Quality Management Verification Are we building the product right? Unit, integration, system, regression, compatibility, testing are verification # Validation Are we building the product right? Acceptance and external testing are validation 27

28 Quality Management QA or SQA QA (Software or SQA (Software Quality Assurance) Quality Assurance) Good QA comes from good process When does SQA begin? during Good requirements! QA comes from good process Most of SQA takes place in the integration and testing phase QA is your best window into When the does project SQA begin? During requirements! Most of SQA takes place in the integration and testing phase QA is your best window into the project 28

29 Quality Management Black Box Testing (Functional Testing) Website Testing Usability Testing Load & Stress Testing Installation Testing Automated Testing White Box Testing QA or SQA (Software Quality Project Assurance) Testing Flow Good QA comes from good process When does SQA begin? Unit Testing during requirements! Integration Testing Most of SQA takes place in the integration and testing phase System Testing QA is your best window User into the Acceptance project Testing Static Testing External Testing Regression Testing Compatibility Testing Stopping Testing (When do you stop?) 29

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32 Risk Management Project Risk Management includes the processes of conducting risk management planning, identification, analysis, response planning, and controlling risk on a project. The objectives of project risk management are to increase the likelihood and impact of positive events, and decrease the likelihood and impact of negative events in the project. 32

33 Risk Management Plan Risk Management The process of defining how to conduct risk management activities for a project. Identify Risks The process of determining which risks may affect the project and documenting their characteristics. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis The process of prioritizing risks for further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis The process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives. Plan Risk Responses The process of developing options and actions to enhance opportunities and to reduce threats to project objectives. Control Risks The process of implementing risk response plans, tracking identified risks, monitoring residual risks, identifying new risks, and evaluating risk process effectiveness throughout the project. 33

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35 Risk Management 1 Plan Risk Management 35

36 1 Plan Risk Management Plan Risk Management is the process of defining how to conduct risk management activities for a project. The key benefit of this process is it ensures that the degree, type, and visibility of risk management are commensurate with both the risks and the importance of the project to the organization. The risk management plan is vital to communicate with and obtain agreement and support from all stakeholders to ensure the risk management process is supported and performed effectively over the project life cycle. 36

37 Risk Management 2 Identify Risks 37

38 2 Identify Risks Identify Risks is the process of determining which risks may affect the project and documenting their characteristics. The key benefit of this process is the documentation of existing risks and the knowledge and ability it provides to the project team to anticipate events. 38

39 Risk Management 3 Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis 39

40 3 Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis is the process of prioritizing risks for further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact. The key benefit of this process is that it enables project managers to reduce the level of uncertainty and to focus on high-priority risks. 40

41 Risk Management 4 Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis 41

42 4 Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis is the process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives. The key benefit of this process is that it produces quantitative risk information to support decision making in order to reduce project uncertainty. 42

43 Risk Management 5 Plan Risk Responses 43

44 5 Plan Risk Responses Plan Risk Responses is the process of developing options and actions to enhance opportunities and to reduce threats to project objectives. The key benefit of this process is that it addresses the risks by their priority, inserting resources and activities into the budget, schedule and project management plan as needed. 44

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46 6 Control Risk Control Risks is the process of implementing risk response plans, tracking identified risks, monitoring residual risks, identifying new risks, and evaluating risk process effectiveness throughout the project. The key benefit of this process is that it improves efficiency of the risk approach throughout the project life cycle to continuously optimize risk responses. 46

47 Project Risk Characterized by uncertainty (0 < probability < 1) An associated loss (money, life, reputation, etc.) Manageable: some action can control it Risk Exposure Product of probability and potential loss Project Risk Problem A risk that has materialized 47

48 Schedule Risks Cost Risks Requirements Risks Quality Risks Operational Risks Types of risks (Most of) the Classic Mistakes

49 Problems that have not happened yet Sum up: Identification Analysis Control Risk Management Goal: avoid a crisis 49

50 Risk Management Risk Identification Risk Assesment Risk Analysis Risk Prioritization Problems that have not happened yet Risk Control Risk Management Planning Risk Resolution Risk Monitoring Sum up: Identification Analysis Control Risk Management Goal: avoid a crisis 50

51 LINKS Commercial Tools: Load Test & Site Management Software Quality Assurance Plan Sample Risk Management Plan (Requirements) Survival_Guide/Resources_By_Chapter/Sample_Risk_Management_Plan/ Sample Top 10 Plan (Requirements) Survival_Guide/Resources_By_Chapter/Sample_Top_10_Risks_List/ Complete List of Schedule Risks complete-list-of-schedule-risks/ 51

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53 Thank You Cătălina Mancaș ace.catalinamancas.ro 53