Quality Mission Statement
The mission of Quality Management is to maintain a high level of customer satisfaction through continuous assurance and improvements in information technology products and services by developing, documenting and maintaining a comprehensive quality management program.
Discipline of Quality Management:
Quality is the degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfill requirements.
Quality at the highest level is a concept of continuous improvement involving the Deming model of Plan – Do – Check – Act.
It's important to remember that the concept of quality does not require perfection. It is more about doing what was agreed to be done rather than being perfect or exceeding expectations.
The practice of quality management is usually broken into 3 processes: quality planning, quality assurance, and quality control. The concept of continuous improvement is an overarching process that is driven by Plan, Do, Check and Act.
Quality Planning – identifies which standards are relevant and how to satisfy them (examples: cost-benefit analysis, benchmarking). Components would be creation of a quality management plan, identification of measures and metrics, acceptance criteria for go-live.
Quality Assurance – Activities that ensure that the service will have all processes needed to meet requirements (example: quality audits).
Quality Control – Iterative process to ensure that quality standards are being met. These are defined in the quality management plan. The outcomes would be acceptance decisions, rework, and process adjustments.
Quality Management Framework
Quality Planning - A quality plan is a document that is used to specify the procedures and resources that will be needed to carry out a project, perform a process, realize a product or manage a contract. Quality plans can also specify who will do what and when.
Quality Assurance - Is a set of activities intended to establish confidence that quality requirements will be met for intended use.
Quality Control - Is a set of activities intended to ensure that quality requirements are actually being met.
Quality Improvement - Is the evaluation of the process which determines enhancements of the process to be reviewed.