QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLAN TEMPLATE
Title Page
Table of Contents
List of Acronyms (Optional)
Introduction and Background
Includes Vision and Mission of your agency/program
Purpose
The purpose of the QM Plan is to identify the program’s quality‐related objectives, to describe how
achievement of these objectives will be measured, and to describe the quality‐related processes that
will be used to assure the objectives are achieved.
Scope
The scope of the objectives, measures, and processes described in this section should apply to the
entire project/agency/program.
Objectives
List out objectives that the QM Plan is attempting to accomplish.
Activities
List and describe the activities within your agency that pertain to quality management. Be sure to
list complaint tracking/reporting, incident tracking/reporting, analysis of complaints and incidents.
Indicate that the QM Committee will review all complaints and incidents. There should be a Human
Rights Committee separate from the QM Committee that reviews any human rights violations.
Structure and Staffing
List all staff and their involvement in the objectives of the QM Plan. List roles, responsibilities,
required skills and qualifications. List committees that will review and analyze data and how often
they will meet.
Milestones/Performance Indicators
These should be measurable and related to the objectives outline in the plan. You can also list
quality improvement projects here. List data collection sources and timelines for completion.
Resources
List funding and other resources your agency has that will be used to implement the QM Plan.
Preventive Measures
This can be in your strategic plan or listed here at the end of the fiscal year after you have obtained
data related to your milestones or performance indicators.
The Durham Center
April 29, 2011