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Quality Assurance
Project Plans (QAPjP)
The Quality Assurance
Project Plan (QAPjP) documents management practices used to ensure
that the results of technical work are of the type and quality
needed for their intended use. The elements to be addressed in a
QAPjP include: management and organization; quality system
description; personnel qualifications and training; procurement of
items and services; documentation and records; computer hardware and
software; planning; implementation of work processes; assessment and
response; and quality improvement. The QAPjP is sometimes viewed as
the ‘umbrella' document under which individual projects are
conducted. State environmental agencies typically have one QAPjP
that covers all of their programs involving monitoring.
The
U.S Environmental Protection agency (EPA) has developed the QAPjP
(QA Project Plan) as a tool for project managers and planners to
document the type and quality of data needed for environmental
decisions and to describe the methods for collecting and assessing
those data. The development, review, approval, and implementation of
the QA Project Plan is part of EPA’s mandatory Quality System.
The
QAPjP integrates all technical and quality aspects of a project,
including planning, implementation, and assessment. The purpose of
the QA Project Plan is to document planning results for
environmental data operations and to provide a project specific
”blueprint” for obtaining the type and quality of environmental data
needed for a specific decision or use. The QA Project Plan documents
show how quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) are applied
to an environmental data operation to assure that the results
obtained are of the type and quality needed and expected.
MCGI,
as an independent consultant, provides its clients with the service
of reviewing, developing and implementing QAPjPs to meet the project
requirements and the client’s needs. After an understanding and
reviewing of the Data Quality Objective (DQO), MCGI develops these
QAPjPs, sometimes based on templates of documents that have been
accepted by regulatory agencies for similar programs. MCGI uses
innovative and cost-effective approaches in designing and developing
QAPjPs. Submitting a poorly written, designed or deficient QAPjP
can impact program costs and also delay schedule. Addressing agency
comments for these documents can add weeks, even months onto a
project schedule. MCGI can perform an independent review of these
QAPjPs and provide insight as to the document’s level of detail,
appropriateness, based on the DQOs, and their likelihood of
acceptance by regulatory agencies.
With
MCGI on the project, decisions are made with an understanding of
scientific issues and the legal implications of every technical
decision.
We
look forward to the privilege of serving your project needs.
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