Glossary of PM Terms
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- QA
- See Quality Assurance.
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- Qualitative Risk Analysis
- A generic term for subjective methods of assessing risks.
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- Quality
- A trait or characteristic used to measure the degree of excellence of a product or service.
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- Quality Assurance (QA)
- The process of evaluating overall project performance on a regular basis to provide confidence that the project will satisfy the relevant quality standards.
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- Quality Assurance Plan
- A plan that guarantees a quality approach and conformance to all customer requirements for all activities in a project.
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- Quality Control (QC)
- The process of monitoring specific project results to determine if they comply with relevant standards and identifying ways to eliminate causes of unsatisfactory performance.
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- Quality Criteria
- The characteristics of a product that determines whether it meets certain requirements.
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- Quality File
- Contains records of quality reviews and technical exceptions procedures of a project.
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- Quality Guide
- The quality guide describes quality and configuration management procedures and is aimed at people directly involved with quality reviews, configuration management and technical exceptions.
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- Quality Planning
- Determining which quality standards are necessary and how to apply them.
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- Quality Review
- A review of a product against an established set of quality criteria.
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