Template: Quality Assurance Plan Outline
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Project Name Release 1.0 QA Plan
APPROVED BY:
PREPARED BY:
Note: Include all revisions to the QA Plan.
- 1. Introduction. 2
- 1.1 Purpose. 2
- 1.2 Scope. 2
- 1.3 Tailoring Guidelines. 2
- 1.4 Reference Documents. 2
- 1.5 Plan Maintenance. 2
- 2. Overview and Philosophy. 2
- 2.1 Background. 2
- 2.1.1 Define Quality Assurance. 2
- 2.1.2 QA Tasks for Key Personnel2
- 2.2 Goals. 2
- 2.2.1 QA Goals. 2
- 2.2.2 Objectivity. 2
- 2.3 The Role of QA Engineer3
- 3. Project3
- 3.1 Technical Description of Project3
- 3.2 QA Relationship to the Project3
- 4. Standards, Practices, Conventions, and Metrics 3
- 4.1 Purpose. 3
- 4.2 System/Software Development Process. 3
- 4.3 Documentation Standards. 3
- 4.4 Metrics. 3
- 4.4.1 QA Metrics. 3
- 4.4.2 Project Metrics. 3
- 4.5 Reports. 3
- 5. QA Activities. 3
- 5.1 Evaluations and Audits. 3
- 5.1.1 Process Evaluations. 3
- 5.1.2 QA Work Product Audit Process 3
- 5.1.3 Escalation Criteria 3
- 5.1.4 Corrective Action Tracking System 3
- 5.2 Available Effort3
- 5.3 Schedule 4
- 5.4 Training 4
- Appendices:4
- A. Change Procedures and Log 4
- B. Acronyms. 4
- C. Glossary. 4
- D. Breakdown of Estimated QA Costs 4
1. Introduction
This plan describes:
The function of Quality Assurance (QA)
The mission of QA organization.
Describe the QA function on the project.
Section 1.2 Scope
Define parts of the software life cycle in which QA will be involved.
Section 3.0 Project.
Define the actual deliverables as well as the way QA will be involved with the project.
Section 4.0 Standards, Practices, Conventions, and Metrics.
Point to the actual standards, practices, conventions, and metrics of the project.
Section 5.1 Evaluations and Audits.
Define the actual evaluations and audits that will be performed for the project.
Sections 5.2, Available Effort; 5.3, Schedule; and 5.4, Training.
Reflect the specific project activities and deliverables.
Specify the names of relevant reference documents for your project or organization.
Define how changes to this Plan are managed and controlled.
2. Overview and Philosophy
2.1.1 Define Quality Assurance
Describe the QA organizational mission and how it supports and interacts with other organizations within the HS Agency.
2.1.2 QA Tasks for Key Personnel
List the roles that compose the QA organization and the key people and teams that are involved in the QA process.
Describe the quality goals for project such as reducing a certain class of defect to an acceptable range
Describe how the QA organization will assure objectivity in reviewing the project activities and products.
The QA Engineer has the following role:
Benefits to the project include:
3. Project
3.1 Technical Description of Project
Provide a brief technical description of the project or reference where one can be found (e.g., the IT Evolution Plan).
3.2 QA Relationship to the Project
Describe how QA will support the project
4. Standards, Practices, Conventions, and Metrics
Provide a short overview of the items in this section and how they will be used for assuring quality.
4.2 System/Software Development Process
List each phase in the development cycle and give a brief description of each.
Reference, by name and version, all standards that will be used by the Project Team for this project. This may be just a pointer to another document. Items from the Agency Technical Architecture Set may be identified
If there are project-specific QA metrics that will be added to this standard list, identify them here.
The Project Team collects project metrics.
Define all reports that are created by the QA Team for this project.
5. QA Activities
This should contain the list of all processes that you plan to evaluate.
5.1.2 QA Work Product Audit Process
Include the list of process documents and work products that QA will evaluate.
Describe how noncompliances are handled and escalated to the appropriate management level.
5.1.4 Corrective Action Tracking System
Describe how noncompliances are tracked to closure.
This section describes the current effort available to perform the tasks outlined in Section 5.3.
List each process, product, and service that QA will evaluate for this project.
Define all QA- related training.
Appendices:
A. Change Procedures and Log .
Describe or reference how changes to this document will be handled.
B. Acronyms .
List acronyms and abbreviations used in this document.
C. Glossary .
List all special terms and reserved words defined within this document.
D. Breakdown of Estimated QA Costs.
Describe how the QA costs were estimated.