Quality and Procurement Planning

Quality and Procurement Planning

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level

Overview/Description
During project planning, quality assurance processes are established to ensure that the deliverable meets requirements. Once project work begins, quality control tools and techniques are used to compare the deliverable to the scope. If variance is detected, the project manager must identify the root cause and act accordingly. During procurement planning, the project team will select the most appropriate contract type. Options include fixed price, cost reimbursable, and time and materials contracts. This course provides a foundational knowledge base reflecting the most up-to-date project management information so you can effectively put principles to work at your own organization. This course will assist in preparing you for the CompTIA Project+ exam, and it is aligned with exam version PK0-004.

Target Audience
Candidates who possess at least 12 months of cumulative experience in leading, managing, directing, and/or participating in small-to-medium-size projects

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
0.9

Lesson Objectives

Quality and Procurement Planning

start the course

identify characteristics of fixed-price contracts

identify characteristics of cost reimbursable and time and materials contracts

distinguish between the four cost of quality categories

list the characteristics of quality assurance

list the characteristics of quality control

recognize the relationship and distinction between quality assurance and quality control

recognize the types of change requests that arise from quality processes

distinguish between quality and grade, precision and accuracy, and recognize the impact of gold plating

recognize agile and lean quality tools and techniques

specify the types of procurement contracts, identify the elements of cost of quality and list the eight forms of waste, or muda

Course Number:
ib_prop_a08_it_enus

Expertise Level
Intermediate