Quality management plan; The quality management plan is an output from quality planning. The quality management plan involves procedures and processes that help to ensure that the project will satisfy the intended needs for which it was performed. According to the pmbok, the outputs from quality planning include quality metrics, quality checklists, process improvement plan, quality baseline, and updates to the project management plan. The quality policy is one of the organizational process assets that serve as an input to quality planning. The quality policy of an organization is approved by upper management and outlines the organizations direction regarding quality. Cost of quality (coq) is a tool used in quality planning. Cost of quality refers to the total costs of ensuring conformance with quality standards. Quality control measurements are an input to perform quality assurance. Quality control measurements include the results captured in the perform quality control process that are then used in the perform quality assurance process.