Quality Management Tools Used within the Australian Bureau of Statistics Ms Rebecca Cassidy Assistant Director Quality Management Team

Quality Management Tools  Quality Infrastructure System (QIS)  Quality Manual  Quality Assistant  Quality Training

Tools for Monitoring Quality  simple system storing quality measures and associated pre-specified tolerances for each gate assessment  automated system for timely delivery and storage of historical measures and data  monitor tolerances, particularly those that are of high risk  use of tables, graphs, commentary  assessment of time series useful

QIS enabler of Quality Gates QMs from QIS Quality Gates in e2e process

Quality Infrastructure System  corporate repository of quality information and tools to extract/output quality information  facilitate extraction of quality information from survey processes - improve timeliness of delivery of quality information  standard definition of measures  comparison across cycle (during and at end)  set pre-specified targets to monitor measures  facilitate presentation of output  loading of data for dissemination to quality gate reports and clearance reports

QIS Portal  SAS Information Portal

QIS Report

Another QIS report

Quality Manual  Forms part of the corporate manuals for training and documentation for ABS staff  Includes detailed information in regards to the quality initiatives:  ABS Data Quality Framework (DQF)  Quality Gates  Quality Incident Response Plans  Quality of Administrative Data  Checklists and templates

Quality Assistant  the quality assistant appears on the ABS corporate homepage  a 'one stop shop' for anyone in the ABS trying to find information on quality initiatives in the ABS  provides links to manuals, information on the QIS, Quality Gates, Quality Declarations, Quality measures, and also links to internal and external reference papers

Quality Training  3 training courses (in development) for all ABS staff  Quality Concepts and Frameworks  Managing Statistical Risk  Reporting Quality in the ABS  workshops for SSB staff  workshops for clients

Questions and Contact Details  For any further information please contact: Rebecca Cassidy

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