PERFORM QUALITY CONTROL

(5.3) Perform Quality Control

(5.3.1) Process Input
... generated by predecessor processes

Quality Managent Plan

Quality Metrics

Quality Checklists

Work Performance Information

Approved change requests

Deliverables
... introduced by external units

Organizational process assets

(5.3.2) Process Definition
Perform Quality Control is the process for "monitoring specific project results to determine whether the comply

with relevant quality standards and identifying ways to eliminate causes of unsatifactory performance"

(comp. PMBOK3, p. 179). "Quality standards include project processes and product goals" (comp. PMBOK3, p.

190).

Perform quality control (and perform quality assurance) has to deal with the following antinomies:

Prevention versus Inspection: Avoid defects versus repair defects.

Attribute sampling versus variables sampling: yes or no descisions versus gradual differentiations.

Special causes versus common causes: unsual events versus normal variations

Tolerances versus control limits: range of result floatings versus acceptable process ranges

(comp. PMBOK3, p. 191).

Part of the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group

Child Process of Monitor and Control Project WorkDirect & Manage Project Execution

Member of Knowledge Area Project Quality Management

The subject Quality operates on the base of other quality concerning concepts
(5.3.3) Tools and Techniques
PMBOK Mentioned Methods

Cause and effect diagram also known as Ishikawa diagram or Fishbone diagram is a special

technique for documenting multiple aspects as cause of an effect / defect. (comp. PMBOK3, p. 192).
Control charts indicate "[...] whether or not a process is stable" by offering an upper limit and a lower

limit, which often are generated by using +/-3 sigma or Six Sigma. The main idea is that the

process must be improved / adjusted if values are hurting the limits (comp. PMBOK3, pp. 192f).
Flow charting is the representation of a process as flow chart for analyzing the points of annoyances

(comp. PMBOK3, p. 193).

Histogram generates a pictures "[...] showing the distribution of variables" (over the time) by signaling

"the relative frequency of characteristic" (comp. PMBOK3, p. 194).

 Pareto chart sorts the defects by frequency of occurence. As consequence of the 80:20-rule ("[...] 80

percent of the problems are due to 20 percent auf causes") one can identify those defects which should

be repaired first (comp. PMBOK3, p. 195).

Run chart "[...] is a line graph that shows data points plotted in the order in which they occur". Therefore

it is a method for investigating changes (comp. PMBOK3, p. 196).

Scatter diagram "[...] shows the pattern of realationships between two variables" and indicates

interferences (comp. PMBOK3, p. 196).

Statistical sampling means the selection and investigation of reprensentative data subsets

(populations). The degree of expressivity of this method might be increased by take more than one

sample or by variable samples (comp. PMBOK3, p. 196).

Inspection "[...] is the examination of a work product to determine wether it conforms to standards"

(comp. PMBOK3, p. 196).

Defect Repair Review "[...] is an action [...] to ensure that product defects are repaired". It's the proof that

defect repairs have succesfully been executed (comp. PMBOK3, p. 196).

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(5.3.4) Process Output
Quality Control Measurements are generated and documented results of investigations.

Validated Defect Repair is the documented proof that a (recommended and approved) defect repair has

succesfully been executed.

Updates of the Quality Baseline can be generated by the given approved change requests.
Recommended Corrective Actions are the result of inspection or other methods by which process

problems and solutions can be identified.

Recommended Preventive Actions are the result of inspection and so on by which process problems

and solutions have been identified.

Requested Changes may be evoked by recommended corrective or preventive actions.

Recommended Defect Repair is a result of inspection and so on by which product problems and

solutions have been identified.

Updates of the Organizational Process Assets are generated by documenting more widely usable

checklist and lessons learned.

Validated Deliverables are the result of the proof that the generated results / deliverables of the projct

fullfill the quality requirements. The results may be used by the process of Scope Verification
Updates of the Project Management Plan are are implicitely generated by updates of the quality

baseline.

(comp. PMBOK3, pp. 197f).

(5.3.5) Output Using Successor Processes
Successors using the initially generated output as own input : (1)

Perform Quality Assurance

Performance Reporting
 Integrated Change Control
Processes using the updates as input :
(2)

Scope Planning

Activity Definition

Activity Resource Estimating

Quality Planning

Risk Management Planning

Direct and Manage Project Execution

Monitor and Control Project Work

Integrated Change Control

Cost Control

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