BELIEF-II D5.2 project quality plan

The Project Quality Plan (PQP) is a handbook designed to guide the BELIEF-II project participants through all aspects of the project's management and to state, track and monitor the quality of the work produced by the project. It is to serve as a reference tool as it brings together all of the procedures and policies that have been agreed upon since the beginning of the project by the Project Coordinator, the Partner Managers and the Work Package Leaders. A Quality Manager (QM) - nominated among project's members - is in charge of the proper design, update and application of the PQP. The QM establishes guidelines, rules, procedures and metrics for quality assurance and is supported by a Project Quality Board (PQB). The PQB will meet at least in conjunction with the PMB meetings. The PQP covers both the process and the products, as well qualitative and quantitative quality characteristics, and includes a Risk Management section with the identification of contingency ad recovery plans. It also defines the internal review process to be applied to the different types of achievements and deliverable results (i.e. reports, specifications, evaluation of results etc.). Standard structure and formats for the various classes of documents that will be produced in the context of the project are also defined in this QP.