Case - TBSM Quality Management Plan

Review theTBSM template and respond to the following:

1- Compare Project Quality Planning as defined in PMBOK with the process described in the template

a - Map thetemplate elements to the three phases of Project Quality Management in PMBOK (Figure 8-1 ).

b- Discuss whether or not PMBOK quality management elements are covered and if TBSM goes beyond PMBOK. If so in what ways?

c- Comment on the strengths and weaknesses of the TBSM template for managing quality in a project.

2 - Could a project manager be inclined to use the TBSM template? Please elaborate.

Other Discussion Questions

1. Consider a current or earlier project john has worked on.

1. How can quality planning be done on that project? Please describe the process.
2. Whether there was an explicit Quality Plan or not, how did the project manager (or assured) quality during implementation?
3. What improvements are necessary to an organization's project quality management and why?