Quality Management Plan
Project: School Management System (SMS) Version: 1.0 Date: 12 August 2025 Prepared By: Abhi Soft
1. Document Control
| Version | Date | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 12 Aug 2025 | Project Manager | Initial Draft |
2. Purpose
The purpose of this Quality Management Plan (QMP) is to define the quality standards, processes, and responsibilities required to ensure that the School Management System (SMS) meets the agreed-upon requirements and expectations.
3. Quality Objectives
- Deliver a system that meets all functional and non-functional requirements.
- Ensure minimal post-deployment defects.
- Provide a user-friendly, secure, and scalable platform.
- Achieve 95%+ user satisfaction rate during UAT (User Acceptance Testing).
4. Quality Standards
The project will follow the following standards:
- ISO 9001: Quality Management Systems.
- IEEE 829: Standard for Software Test Documentation.
- OWASP Guidelines: For web application security.
- WCAG 2.1: Accessibility compliance for school users.
5. Roles & Responsibilities
| Role | Responsibility |
|---|---|
| Project Manager | Ensure quality standards are met, oversee QA process. |
| Business Analyst | Validate requirements and acceptance criteria. |
| Development Team | Follow coding standards, perform unit testing. |
| QA Team | Prepare and execute test cases, log defects, verify fixes. |
| Training Coordinator | Ensure documentation and user guides meet quality standards. |
6. Quality Assurance (QA) Process
- Requirement Validation – Ensure all requirements are clear, testable, and signed off.
- Code Reviews – Peer review for every feature before merging into main branch.
- Automated Testing – Unit tests and integration tests run on CI/CD pipeline.
- Manual Testing – Functional, regression, and exploratory testing.
- Security Testing – Vulnerability scans and penetration testing.
- Performance Testing – Load and stress testing to handle peak usage.
7. Test Plan Overview
| Test Type | Description | Responsibility |
|---|---|---|
| Unit Testing | Testing individual components | Developers |
| Integration Testing | Testing combined modules | QA Team |
| System Testing | Testing the complete system | QA Team |
| UAT | End-user testing for acceptance | Client & QA Team |
8. Defect Management Process
- Defects will be logged in Jira with severity and priority levels.
Resolution timelines:
- Critical: 24 hours
- High: 48 hours
- Medium: 5 days
- Low: Next release cycle
9. Quality Metrics
- Defect Density: ≤ 1 defect per 1,000 lines of code.
- Test Coverage: ≥ 85%.
- UAT Pass Rate: ≥ 95%.
- Response Time: ≤ 3 seconds for major transactions.
10. Approval
| Name | Role | Signature | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Smith | Project Manager | 12 Aug 2025 | |
| Priya Sharma | QA Lead | 12 Aug 2025 |
Tags:
Software Engineering