Key Components of a

Project Quality Plan

DR. B. MUTHURAMALINGAM
QUALITY LEAD
EXXON MOBIL IRAQ LIMITED,
AL BASRAH, IRAQ.
Key Components of a Project Quality Plan
• Aim of guiding the project team in oversight activities to minimize the
Company’s risk
• To meet the project’s quality objectives
• Establishes the hierarchy and relationships of this PQP to the
Engineering Procurement Contractor’s (EPC) and Suppliers’
• Defines PT’s role in ensuring Quality requirements are effectively
communicated and implemented.
• PT oversight activities defined in the Quality Plan focus on the adequacy
of work processes prior to the start of work and compliance with the
work processes during development of the product
• Independent oversight is required to verify the compliance of work
products and effectiveness, which should be mandatory with compliance
of work processes
Project Quality Plan (PQP)
• Quality metrics are generated by company or client to assess the performance
and provide a basis for improvement to get an oversight of the contractors
• The major components/sections of a typical PQP which is developed by an
International Oil Company (IOC) or client.

• Quality Objectives and Principles

• Project Quality Management System, Interfaces & Controls
• Organizational Structure, Roles & Responsibilities
• Audits, Assessments, and Reviews
• Engineering Quality
• Procurement Quality
Project Quality Plan (PQP)
• Logistics Quality
• Construction Quality
• Systems Completions
• Management of Change and Design Control
• Non-Conformance Control and Corrective Actions
• Quality Documents, Data and Records
• Training / Orientation / Handover
• Quality Reporting and Metrics
• Regulatory Requirements
• Lessons Learned / Continuous Improvement
Project Quality Plan (PQP)

• PQP Criteria Metrics PQP CRITERIA-METRICS

4
4
More-Important
3.5

• Contains plans and procedures

3
3
Important

• To manage and oversee their 2.5

2

contractors to ensure 2 Moderate

compliance to specified 1.5

1
requirements 1
Less-Important

• Used four levels of the criteria 0.5

0
LEGEND
Additional Project Quality Plan (APQP)

• During the survey, few of our Project Engineers and Quality Inspectors
have added an additional project Quality plan metrics
• Recommended as more important level (4) for PQP

• It is essential to have all deliverables at an approved status prior to

commencing that activity, (e.g. WPS, hydro test procedure, Weekly
QA/QC meeting to monitor the overall project quality level)
• List of Applicable specific procedure
• Applicable Quality forms (checklists) / Templates to be approved
• Inspection Test Plan (ITP) & Quality Plan
Additional Project Quality Plan (APQP)
• Qualified & Experience personal working with project team / Site team
(Interview personnel prior to accepting them
• Ensure the Quality Organization addresses the proper positions for the task,
(i.e., PQM, Procurement Quality, Site quality…)
• Environmental Impact Study & Awareness
• Hard Penalty / Safety Rolls & Implementation – to be available
• E - Documents / Information Management / Remote control operation.

• Project Quality Plan – Survey Form

• Issued with sixteen (16) PQP structures and
• Gained ten (10) additional PQP criteria
Project Quality Plan Structure and Criteria Score
PROJECT QUALITY PLAN STRUCTURE

1 31 18 1

2 26 18 6

3 32 18

4 16 32 2
Project Quality Plan

5 36 14

6 26 18 4 2

7 8 24 16 2

8 32 18

9 24 20 6

10 32 14 4

11 30 16 4

12 36 8 6

13 16 22 12

14 16 26 6 2

15 18 22 10

16 24 22 4

No. of Personnel

PQP Criteria 4 PQP Criteria 3 PQP Criteria 2 PQP Criteria 1

Additional Project Quality Plan Structure and Criteria Score

Additional Propose Project Quality Plan

A 5

B 8
Project Quality Plan

C 4

D 16

E 8

F 10

G 6

H 5

I 7

J 4

No. of Personnel
PQP Criteria 4
Project Quality Plan Structure and Criteria Scores
PQP CRITERIA
PROJECT QUALITY
NO PLAN (PQP)
4 3 2 1
STRUCTURE

Quality Objectives
1 31 18 01 00
and Principles
Project Quality
Management System,
2 26 18 06 00
Interfaces and
Controls
Organizational
3 Structure, Roles and 32 18 00 00
Responsibilities
Audits, Assessments,
4 16 32 02 00
and reviews
5 Engineering Quality 36 14 00 00

6 Procurement Quality 26 18 04 02

7 Logistics Quality 08 24 16 02

8 Construction Quality 32 18 00 00

9 Systems Completions 24 20 06 00

Management of
10 Change and Design 32 14 04 00
Control
Non-Conformance
11 Control and 30 16 04 00
Corrective Actions
Quality Documents,
12 36 08 06 00
Data and Records
Training /
13 Orientation / 16 22 12 00
Handover
Quality Reporting
14 16 26 06 02
and Metrics (KPI)
Regulatory
15 18 22 10 00
Requirements
Lessons Learned /
16 Continuous 24 22 04 00
Improvement
Quality Terminology Guidelines & Abbreviations
Quality Objectives and Principles

Moderate
1, 2%

Important Less Important 0,

18, 36% 0%

More Important 31,

62%
Quality Terminology Guidelines & Abbreviations

Procurement Quality

Moderate Less Important

4, 8% 2, 4%

Important MoreImportant
18, 36% 26, 52%
Quality Terminology Guidelines & Abbreviations

Non-Conformance Control and Corrective Actions

Less Important
0, 0%

Moderate
4, 8%
Important
16, 32%
More Important
30, 60%
Quality Terminology Guidelines & Abbreviations
Training / Orientation / Handover

Less Important, 0,
Moderate, 12, 24% 0%

More Important,
31, 62%

Important, 22, 44%

 Acknowledgements

• VIRGIN Santiago A
• Quality Manager, EMIL, Dubai & Iraq
• Novriandi, Quality Coordinator, EMIL, Iraq
• Pradeesh, IT Analyst, Iraq
• Mrs Anu and Mr Naveen
 Conclusions
• Project Quality plan structures and its priority of the contents are well recognised and thoroughly
evaluated with the impact of recent changes in the industrial expectations.
• An additional proposed project Quality plan structures are also judged for a significant
improvement on this study
• All datum are leading to make the customers/clients more gratified, if they see that the project
quality plan is being addressed at the initial stage of a project
• It can even be a good project report exercise, to bring them to a quality review process for a
continual improvement [kaizen].
• These studies were carried out generally in primitive areas of concern conducted by clients
previous implementation strategy to minimize these risks, criticality rating, readiness review and
more focus on competency skills, better reviews and alignment upfront before the work begins
• Finally, we are still exploring un-assessed and uncovered quality concerns which are challenging
milestone to achieve a suitable mechanism to shot these problems in point-blank range. There
should be a definite follow up process to deal with strategic approach to allocate and fix
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