8.2.1 Inputs to Quality Assurance
.1 Quality management plan. The quality management plan is described in Section
8.1.3.1.
.2 Results of quality control measurements. Quality control measurements are records
of quality control testing and measurement in a format for comparison and analysis.
.3 Operational definitions. Operational definitions are described in Section 8.1.3.2.
8.2.2 Tools and Techniques for Quality Assurance
.1 Quality planning tools and techniques. The quality planning tools and techniques
described in Section 8.1.2 can be used for quality assurance as well.
.2 Quality audits. A quality audit is a structured review of other quality management
activities. The objective of a quality audit is to identify lessons learned that can im-
prove performance of this project or of other projects within the performing orga-
nization. Quality audits may be scheduled or random, and they may be carried out
by properly trained in-house auditors or by third parties such as quality system reg-
istration agencies.