Requirements Quality
Projects are garbage-in-garbage-out such that low quality requirements cause a project to fall short of its goals. The following are common elements of requirements quality.Relevant, achievable and realistic | Clear and unambiguous |
Complete and comprehensive | Consistent and coherent |
Accurate and precise | High value - meaningful to business |
Traceable | Prioritized and ranked |
Alignment between project goals and requirements | As a set, requirements don't conflict with each other |
As a set, requirements represent a valuable product |
Design Quality
The fitness for purpose of your architecture and design including technical designs, user experience design and visual design.Usability | Look and feel |
Visual appeal | Learnability |
Responsiveness | Scalable |
Efficient | Performance |
Consistency | Accessibility |
Reliability | Error tolerance |
Information architecture | System architecture |
Secure | Safe |
Design achieves functionality |
Deliverables Quality
The quality of deliverables including the quality control process of ensuring that accepted deliverables are defect free.Complete | Consistent |
Delivered to schedule | Delivered to budget |
Deliverables and activities demonstrate a high standard of professionalism | Conformance to requirements |
Conformance to non-functional requirements | Conformance to standards |
Documented | Tested and defect free |
Meets stakeholder expectations | Accepted by stakeholders |
Project Quality
The quality of the project itself including the overall diligence and performance of leadership, project management, project sponsors and project teams.Effective project leadership | Clear project objectives and goals |
Well-defined and controlled project scope | Thorough project planning |
Accurate estimates | Effective change management |
Efficient resource allocation | Effective support from sponsor |
Performance of project team | Stakeholder engagement and communication |
Projects risks are identified and managed | Diligent project tracking and progress monitoring |
Timely and accurate project reporting | Issues are quickly cleared |
Adherence to project management processes and practices | Standards and regulatory compliance |
Diligent procurement processes | Partner and supplier management |
Rigorous testing and quality control | Project is cost effective |
Project is delivered to schedule | Project is delivered to budget |
Project achieves objectives | Project achieves outcomes |
