# Quality Assurance Plan Template

## Cover Page

- ``Project Name``
- `Quality Assurance Plan`
- `Version`1.0``

## Revision History

| Date | Version | Description | Author |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ``dd/mmm/yy``|``x.x``|`<details>`|`<name>` |

## Ownership & Collaboration

- Document Owner: Test Architect
- Contributor Roles: Project Manager, Configuration Manager, Requirements Reviewer
- Automation Inputs: Quality objectives, review policies, tooling standards
- Automation Outputs: `quality-assurance-plan.md` with sections 1–15

## 1 Introduction

> Provide purpose, scope, terminology, references, and document organization.

### 1.1 Purpose

### 1.2 Scope

### 1.3 Definitions, Acronyms, and Abbreviations

### 1.4 References

### 1.5 Overview

## 2 Quality Objectives

> Reference the quality attributes defined in the Software Requirements Specification and related artifacts.

## 3 Management

### 3.1 Organization

> Outline QA governance structure, reporting lines, and stakeholder roles.

### 3.2 Tasks and Responsibilities

> List QA activities and accountable parties (reviews, audits, testing oversight, metrics collection).

## 4 Documentation

> Identify required QA documentation (plans, checklists, reports) and storage locations.

## 5 Standards and Guidelines

> Reference applicable organizational standards (development case, guidelines, style guides) and compliance
> expectations.

## 6 Metrics

> Enumerate product, project, and process metrics to be collected, referencing the Measurement Plan where appropriate.

## 7 Review and Audit Plan

> Describe review types, schedules, participants, procedures, escalation, and record retention.

## 8 Evaluation and Test

> Reference evaluation approaches and test strategies defined in the Software Development Plan and Test Plan.

## 9 Problem Resolution and Corrective Action

> Summarize interfaces with the Problem Resolution Plan and corrective action workflows.

## 10 Tools, Techniques, and Methodologies

> List tools and methods supporting QA activities (static analysis, review tools, dashboards).

## 11 Configuration Management

> Note dependencies on the Configuration Management Plan for baselines and artifact control.

## 12 Supplier and Subcontractor Controls

> Define quality expectations and oversight mechanisms for external providers.

## 13 Quality Records

> Identify quality records to retain, storage approach, and retention periods.

## 14 Training

> Document training required for QA-related roles.

## 15 Risk Management

> Reference the Risk Management Plan and describe how QA monitors risk exposure.

## Appendices (Optional)

> Include review checklists, audit templates, or process flow diagrams.

## Agent Notes

- Reference measurement targets from `measurement-plan.md` when defining metrics.
- Align review schedules with the iteration and lifecycle milestones in `software-development-plan.md`.
- Verify the Automation Outputs entry is satisfied before signaling completion.
- Align review schedules with milestones documented in `software-development-plan.md`.