Building, Maintaining and Evaluating the Quality Management System (5cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

After completing the course, the student will be able to
- launch a quality management system project
- understand the link between a company's quality system and its strategy
- apply the various quality management system requirements in a way that is appropriate to their own environment
- be able to produce documented information to support their own work (e.g. management review agenda, internal audit plan, writing guidelines)
- knows what quality system certification means and how to obtain it
- knows what change control means in context of quality management system

Course content:
- stages of a quality system project
- How to conduct a GAP analysis
- quality policy, quality objectives, performance indicators

Online meetings:
Thu 12.3 8.00-12.00
Thu 19.3 8.00-12.00
Thu 2.4. 8.00-12.00
Thu 23.4 8.00-12.0

The student must attend the start of the course, where the teacher will visit the student's
the information relevant to the completion of the course.
12.8.2026 8.00 - 12.00 (start of the course)

Objective

After completing the course, the student will be able to
- launch a quality management system project
- understand the link between a company's quality system and its strategy
- apply the various quality management system requirements in a way that is appropriate to their own environment
- be able to produce documented information to support their own work (e.g. management review agenda, internal audit plan, writing guidelines)
- knows what quality system certification means and how to obtain it
- knows what change control means in context of quality management system

Content

- stages of a quality system project
- How to conduct a GAP analysis
- quality policy, quality objectives, performance indicators

Materials

SFS-online 9000-series and industry-specific standards. Other material provided by the lecturers in ItsLearning.

Teaching methods

lectures and lecture assignments
case studies
group work
individual assignments
information retrieval (e.g. interviews)
visitor lecturers from industry

Exam schedules

N/A

Pedagogic approaches and sustainable development

-team-based learning in student groups and presentations (substance and communication skills)
-Individual assignments
-Independent working and information retrieval from reference material
-Possible visitors' lectures (real cases and examples from industry)

Completion alternatives

None.

Student workload

The student's workload is 133 hours in total, of which 10 hours are lectures and 123 hours are independent work, both individually and in groups.

Orientation assignments before the lectures 43 h
Group assignment: quality system project plan 40 h
Individual assignment: learning diary 40 h

The workload is indicative and indicative of the average workload required to achieve the learning objectives of the course and the grade 3/5. Depending on the student's previous knowledge and experience, the workload may be less or more. The competence acquired in the course will be assessed through assignments and other deliverables, not through the number of hours worked.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Assignments:
Preliminary assignments: approved/failed
Group assignment: on a scale of 0-5
Multiple choice assignment: on a scale of 0-5
Learning Diary: approved/failed

The grade will be the average of the individual and group assignments.
Returning assignments after the specified return date (late) may result in a lower grade.

Artificial intelligence can be used in the creation of outputs, but the student
must clearly report its use. Failure to disclose the use of AI will be interpreted as
fraud. The use of AI may affect the assessment.
Course can be approved when all the assignments are passed at least with the minimum.

Failed (0)

Student have not returned all the assignments and have not attended the face-to-face course or completed the substitute assignments successfully. The returned assignments are too vague and/or do not cover the main part of what is requested in the assignment.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Successful completion of all assignments (the student will request a substitute for the absence).
Based on the assignment answers, the student will identify the key concepts and methods of quality management systems and change management and will be able to apply them to a limited extent in the description. No knowledge of academic practices.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

Successful completion of all assignments (the student will apply for a substitute assignment in case of absence).
Based on the assignment answers, the student will have a good command of the concepts and methods of quality management systems and change management and will be able to apply them correctly in the description and development of quality management systems. Knowledge of academic practices is good, although there may be systematic minor errors.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Successful completion of all assignments (the student will apply for a substitute assignment in case of absence).
Based on the assignment answers, the student will have a thorough understanding of quality management systems as part of the company's strategy and as a guarantee of customer satisfaction, as well as a command of the methods for measuring and developing QMS processes and quality. A grade of 5 requires good performance in both individual and group tasks. The excellent knowledge of academic practices.

Further information

ItsLearning