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PLAN OVERVIEW
Course Goals
• Defensible
Quality System
Description
Computer
Hardware/Software Quality Improvement
Environmental Data
Operations
Personnel Assessment
Qualifications/Training
Implementation of
Procurement Work Processes
Planning
Records/Documentation
Management/Organization
Common Steps in Quality
System Design
• Prepare an overview of the current
organization and its environmental data
operations
Technical
Org. Data Use Responsibility Quality System Tools Used Notes
Activities
Questions to Ask
• Importance of work
• Available resources
• External:
– 48 CFR Part 46 (contracts)
– 40 CFR Part 30, 31, and 35 (assistance
agreements)
– Other (e.g., consent agreements in
enforcement actions)
QMP Purpose
• The QMP
documents what
you are going to
do, how you are
going to do it, and
how you know you
did it.
Important Terms
• Quality Management
• Quality Assurance
• Quality Control
Scope of QMP
7. Planning
10.Quality Improvement
Approval Page
If element is not
applicable to an
organization's quality
system, a statement about
why it is not must be
included in QMP
Management and
Organization
Overview: Management and
Organization
A description of:
• QA Policy • Technical
activities
• Organizational
• Dispute
structure
resolution
• Staff roles, • Quality System
responsibilities, implementation
and authorities
QA Policy
• QA Manager
• Any other QA staff
Technical Activities
− Assessments
− Corrective actions
Quality System Implementation
POLICY/REGULATIONS
External Policies
Internal EPA Policies
Contracts - 48 CFR 46
EPA Order 5360.1
Assistance Agreements -
EPA Manual 5360
40 CFR 30, 31, and 35
ORGANIZATION/PROG RAM
Quality System
Documentation
(e.g., QMP)
Systematic
Conduct Study/ Data Verification
Planning Experiment & Validation
(e.g., DQO Process)
Standard
QA Technical Data Quality
Operating
PROJECT
• QMPs
• Management Assessments - Self and
Independent
• Technical Assessments
• Systematic Planning
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Quality Assurance Project Plans
(QAPPs)
• Data Quality Assessments
Personnel Qualifications and
Training
Overview: Personnel
Qualification and Training
Describe organization's process for:
1. Training policy
2. Training processes Hello,
everyone!
3. Critical training
documentation
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everyone!
Policy
– Timely preparation
– Review
– Approval
– Issuance
– Use
– Control
– Revision
– Maintenance
Document
Any compilation of
information that:
– Describes
– Defines
– Specifies
Work Plan
– Certifies
Plan
Record
– Accessible
– Protected from damage and deterioration
– Subject to retention requirements
– Prepared, reviewed, and approved
– Issued and revised
Compliance
• Programs
• Models
• Data bases
• Data analysis systems
Hardware QA and QC
Processes
• Describe or reference process for
ensuring that computer hardware used
in environmental programs meets
technical requirements and quality
expectations
Security (Chapter 8)
– How it is accomplished
– How planning will be documented
– Who uses planning "tools"
– Roles and responsibilities of management
and staff
Quality Assurance Project
Plans (QAPPs)
− Developing
− Reviewing
− Approving
− Implementing
− Revising
the QAPP
Secondary Data
– Their release
– Their change
– Their use
Controlling Measures
– Necessary approvals
– Specific times and points for
implementing changes
1. Management
2. Technical
Assessment Activities
• Describe process:
• Assessor qualifications
– Technically
knowledgeable
– No real or perceived
conflict of interest
Assessor Authority
– Sufficient authority
– Access to programs and managers
– Access to documents and records
– Organizational freedom
Assessment Results
− Identify problems
− Offer solutions
to problems
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