Construction Management Planning Part Six : Management Plan for Quality and Quality Metrics

Do you know How The create Quality Management Plan?

Learn how quality management was broken down to process like plan quality until quality management plan and metrics.

Management plan for Quality

The Quality management plan is part of or a subsidiary plan of the project management plan. This plan includes establishing methods, processes, and procedures to be able to meet the defined requirements of the project. It is important to establish what the acceptable deliverable are, what to do to meet the requirements of being acceptable, and how it will be measured against the requirements. This document is being created during the second step in construction project management.

What are the Contents of Management Plan for Quality?

• Stakeholder (those involved in managing quality of the project)
• Quality Assurance Plan( QA)
• Quality Control Plan (QC)
• Quality Improvement Plan
• Deliverable, Quality Metrics, Reports, Documents

Management Plan for Quality can acquire data from the following documents.

Schedule baseline
Stakeholder registry
Cost performance
Scope baseline

Management plan for Quality can provide data to the following documents.

Project Management Plan
Risk register

Here are some TIPS AND KEY POINTS for Quality

• For team members, always check the quality by self-inspection. The entire organization has responsibilities in terms of quality.
• Poor quality of the project is project manager’s fault!
• Spend more time in improving the quality and processes.
• Spend more time and money in preventing quality concerns..

Here’s another process of plan quality under Quality Management

Quality metrics

This includes the exact values that are to be measured on a certain project and the acceptable measurement, including limits and controls in terms of specific values. The values in the metrics are to be measured during the quality control process, and knowing the limits from the metrics will result to acceptable deliverable and corrective or preventive actions. This document is being created during the second step of managing construction projects.

Contents of Quality Metrics

• ID
• Category
• Item
• Description
• Metrics
• Reference
• Methods of measurement

Quality Metrics can acquire data from the following documents

Schedule baseline
Stakeholder registry
Scope baseline
Cost performance baseline

Quality metrics can provide data to the following documents

Project Management Plan
Quality assurance process
Quality control process

Tips on Quality For Construction Project

You can also check approved drawing plans, architectural, structural, and all required trades. All measurements, including vertical height, horizontal, thickness, inclined, elevations, diameters, and gauges, are parts of quality metrics with direct measurement approach. It is good to bring the drawing on site and measure actual sizes as per approved drawing plan (signed and marked with FOR CONSTRUCTION) and others will bring smaller printed version (like A3 size) on site for convenience with blow up details.

Tests like compressive strength of concrete and tensile for reinforcing steel can be conducted. However, take note that when testing is being done, be sure to have an inspector or technical consultant with you to check and verify the calibration of the testing apparatus or equipment being used.

Now let’s have a recap, Quality Management have process of quality plan and from this plan, we can create and produce management plan for quality , the common term for this is the Quality management plan. Also we have to create quality metrics , the baseline with for our project with specific values.

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