Quality Assurance Consultant (CMMi, Prince2)

QUALITY ASSURANCE CONSULTANT - (CMMI, PRINCE2)

LOCATION: Brussels, Belgium

DURATION: 3 to 6 months (Possible Extension)

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Programme & project process assurance planning and execution, Process improvements planning and execution, Programme and project mentoring, CMMI implementation, Assurance checks/audits/assessments, assigning corrective actions and tracking them to closure

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

PROCESS ASSURANCE

o Support Programmes/Projects in creation and review of the Quality management plans
o Provide inputs to programmes/projects in creation of the process assurance plan
o Verify adherence to applicable standards, processes and procedures as defined in the process assurance plan
o Verifying that all relevant checks, inspections and tests have been conducted prior to project deliverables
o Identifying, reporting and tracking any projects non-conformances to agreed standards, plans and procedures
o Conducting process assurance checks on projects as per the defined standards, identifying non-conformances, assigning corrective actions and tracking them to closure
o Ongoing identification, reporting and tracking of any process related corrective/preventive actions required by the Projects
o Support continuous quality improvement on the Projects
o Alignment of Quality Plans to achieve process compliance
o Facilitation of root cause analysis for the identified non-conformances and assisting in implementation of preventive measures
o Coordinate external reviews of organization-level procedures
o Escalate process and project non-compliances and non-adherences as per defined escalation norms
o Conduct CMMI readiness reviews

QUALITY ASSURANCE/IMPROVEMENTS

o Participate in review of critical work products
o Review governance documents like PRID/PID/PMP/Programme Brief/Project Brief and provide inputs for governance approval
o Review the planning documents like PMP, CMP, RMP, QMP
o Track adherence to project KPIs and metrics
o Identification of weak process areas and recommending process improvements
o Review of all the process improvement proposals and suggesting/selecting and implementing the critical and value added proposals
o Review of project exception report and plans prior to submission for governance approval
o Review status reports to track consistency of reporting
o Collect analyze and report on measurements/metrics data from projects/programmes
o Conduct milestone reviews on projects/programmes as defined in the quality management plans
o Maintain the quality log for the programme/project