What is project quality management?

Project quality management is the planning, assurance, control, and improvement work used to make sure project deliverables meet agreed requirements and standards.

What is a project quality management plan?

It is a plan that defines quality standards, acceptance criteria, review checkpoints, owners, evidence, issue handling, metrics, and improvement actions.

What is quality assurance in project management?

Quality assurance checks whether the process, practices, and controls used by the team are likely to produce quality deliverables.

What is quality control in project management?

Quality control checks the actual deliverable against agreed standards, requirements, and acceptance criteria.

How do you improve project quality?

Define clear acceptance criteria, add review checkpoints, track defects and rework, keep evidence attached, and use lessons learned to improve future planning and delivery.

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Project Quality Management Guide

By Dawid Oleksiuk ScrumbuissPublished July 2, 2026Editorial policy

Project quality management defines how a team will make sure project deliverables meet agreed standards. It covers quality planning, quality assurance, quality control, acceptance criteria, review evidence, and improvement actions.

This guide targets the project quality management keyword cluster found in SEMrush research. It supports deliverables, success criteria, and post-implementation review pages by explaining how quality is planned and checked.

Key Takeaways

Quality management starts before delivery, not after defects appear.
Quality planning defines standards, criteria, reviews, and owners.
Quality assurance checks whether the process can produce good work.
Quality control checks whether the output meets requirements.

Quality Planning, Assurance, and Control

Area	Focus
Quality planning	What standards, criteria, and checks will apply?
Quality assurance	Is the team following a process that can produce quality?
Quality control	Does the deliverable meet the agreed standard?
Continuous improvement	What should change after review or post-implementation learning?

Quality management should be proportionate. A regulated project needs more evidence than a small internal improvement.

What To Include in a Quality Plan

Element	Why it matters
Quality standards	Defines what good means
Acceptance criteria	Makes sign-off concrete
Review checkpoints	Shows when quality will be checked
Owner	Names who is accountable
Evidence	Identifies what proves quality
Defect or issue process	Shows how problems are logged and resolved
Metrics	Tracks rework, defects, acceptance, or support issues

Scrumbuiss helps keep quality checks connected with Custom Fields, Files, Dashboard, Project Delivery, and Risk Center.

Common Quality Metrics

Metric	What it shows
Defect count	Number of issues found
Rework rate	How often deliverables need revision
Acceptance rate	How often deliverables pass review
Support issues	Problems after launch or handoff
Review cycle time	How long quality checks take

Use metrics to improve decisions, not to punish teams for surfacing issues.

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