There are several steps involved
with developing and implementing a QMS. Throughout the course, you will
increase your knowledge on everything that is involved and—as a
real-world scenario—your plans for implementing a QMS will evolve as you
learn.
Implementing new organizational cultures and
processes requires change control. The first part of change control is
developing a plan outline for implementation. To start the process,
consider that many software organizations have traditional verification
and validation (V&V) plans in place and you want to implement a full
QMS. You must present the proposed change, explain how current
processes will or will not integrate with the proposed QMS, and develop a
plan to implement the QMS in the organization.
This week, you will start developing the implementation plan.
Note: In Week 8, you will submit a complete plan to
implement a QMS at any organization. The plan should include all major
components of a QMS but not your evaluation of which solution considerations may be appropriate for the case organization.
To prepare:
Read chapters 20 and 21 in your course text. [Westfall, L. (2018). Theory (of V & V). In The certified software quality engineer handbook (2nd ed., pp. 447–458). ASQ Quality Press.] Note: Chapter 20 [pp. 447–458]
Note: Chapter 21 [pp. 459–510]
Read the case study by Weiss and McAra (2017) provided in the weekly Learning Resources. – Attached!
Submit a document in which you address the following:
Compare and contrast the goals of a QMS with the goals of
Verification and Validation (V&V being a traditional quality
assurance approach).
Explain whether V&V has a role in a QMS. Justify your response.
Summarize the major considerations in implementing a QMS, building on this week’s Discussion.
Develop a high-level plan outline (no details yet, just the outline)
for implementing a QMS at the case organization. Consider everything
you would need to start the process of implementing a QMS.
