Description
A quality management strategy defines the required level of quality for the project and the approach to be used to ensure the specified standard of quality is met. A more detailed quality management plan is developed in the Plan Stage.

Rationale/Purpose
To provide the highest quality products and services, every project should address quality management.

Project quality applies to both product quality and process quality.

A Quality Management Strategy should include:

• Quality Objectives
• Key  Deliverables subject to quality strategy
• Key Processes subject to the quality strategy
• Quality standards and methods to be applied

Who is involved
Project Manager
Project Sponsor
Project Stakeholders

Result
Quality Management Strategy component of the Project Charter