Project Management Glossary
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Qualitative risk analysis: qualitatively analyzing risks and prioritizing their effects on project objectives

Quality: the totality of characteristics of an entity that bear on its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs

Quality assurance: periodically evaluating overall project performance to ensure the project will satisfy the relevant quality standards.

Quality audits: structured reviews of specific quality management activities that help identify lessons learned and can improve performance on current or future projects

Quality circles: groups of non-supervisors and work leaders in a single company department who volunteer to conduct group studies on how to improve the effectiveness of work in their department

Quality control: monitoring specific project results to ensure that they comply with the relevant quality standards and identifying ways to improve overall quality

Quality planning: identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project and how to satisfy them

Quantitative risk analysis: measuring the probability and consequences of risks and estimating their effects on project objectives.

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