Quality Framework Toolkit

How Can I Get Started?

The Framework is a comprehensive document that, if completed correctly, should help you and your team conduct more efficient quality improvement projects. With so many resources available to you, it can be difficult to know where to begin! Here are some steps to get you and your team started.

1. Read the Framework from start to finish. While the Framework is broken down into the Planning, Conducting and Reflecting Phases, it is not intended to be used chronologically. There are many criteria that you should be thinking about throughout your project. Reading through the Framework in its entirety will help you understand what is needed for your project to be successful.
2. Download the tools and talk with your team about how you can use them. The tools are designed to help you meet several of the criteria in the Framework. Download the Notetaking Tool, Project Charter, Data Plan and Communication Plan, and look through them with your team. Determine which of the tools you would like to use and discuss how you plan to use them. Some questions you may want to ask yourselves:
   • Where should we store this document so that we all have easy access to it?
   • How can we make sure that we will use this tool throughout the project, and not just at the beginning?