Project Quality Management Workshop

Introduction

Project Quality Management includes the processes for incorporating the organizations quality policy regarding planning, managing and controlling project and product quality requirements in order to meet stakeholders’ objectives. It also supports continuous process improvement activities.

In today’s fiercely competitive and fast-changing business environment, delivery of high-quality project outcomes is the key to organizations’ survival and prosperity. Managers are constantly seeking to produce good quality results while reducing costs and minimizing delays.

Structured to offer a comprehensive overview of quality management in projects with careful balance of quantitative and qualitative considerations, this Project Quality Management training course will equip participants with the essential management skills, tools and methodologies required for effective delivery of high-quality project outcomes.

This Project Quality Management Workshop training course will feature:

• An overview of key project quality management concepts
• The concepts, tools and techniques involved in quality planning and control in conjunction with the Critical Path Method, the Critical Chain Method and other proven project management methodologies.
• An introduction to statistical process control tools.
• An overview of typical project problems and strategies for their mitigation.
• An overall focus on benefit realization from project conception to completion.

Objectives

By the end of this Project Quality Management Workshop training course, participants will be able to:

• Define what quality means.
• Understand the importance of deliberate quality management processes in projects and integrate quality in project initiation, planning, execution, control and completion.
• Identify and document quality requirements and standards for the project and product.
• Apply cost benefit analysis, cause and effect diagrams, control charts and other tools in project planning and control.
• Apply basic statistical quality control concepts.
• Implement effective quality assurance and control.
• Be ready and conduct quality audits.
• Effectively manage stakeholders to ensure their satisfaction with the project results.
• Improve the quality climate and culture across the project life cycle.

Training Methodology

Participants of this training course will receive thorough training on the subjects covered by the course outline. The tutor will utilize proven adult learning teaching and facilitation techniques with theory and skill training, traditional lectures, as well as hands-on exercises, group discussions, video and case studies. Whilst important learning will take place, having fun and receiving memorable learning is paramount.

Organisational Impact

The organization will greatly benefit from individuals understanding how Project Quality Management operates by focusing on:

• How to plan quality management into projects
• How project plans should follow organizational quality methodologies
• Understand project planning tools, language and acronyms.
• Understanding high quality dependency planning within projects
• How to manage quality by translating the plans into quality activities, that incorporate the organizations quality policies into the project
• Understand how to ensure the project outputs are complete, correct and meet the customer expectations.

Personal Impact

As a result of attending this Project Quality Management Workshop training course, delegates will benefit as follows:

• Understand that Project Quality Management addresses the management of a project and the deliverables of the project.
• Focus and understand what a quality project mission should contain.
• Understand stakeholder requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Understand the process of developing a quality planning approach to projects.
• Understand techniques to drive out quality team delivery.
• Know the Quality management processes.
• Be ready to undertake quality reviews and participate in audits.
• Understand continuous process improvement techniques.