Inside Inspection plans
Inspection and test plans
The job's inspection and test plan (ITP), with hold points that really stop the work.
For manufacturers and quality managers.
What changes
A hold point is a row in a sheet, ticked afterwards.
The stage stays locked until the parties sign.
How it works
- 1
Build the plan
- 2
Notify in time
- 3
Stop where it says stop
- 4
Record the outcome
What's included
- Master and project plans
- Four intervention levels
- Notices and attendance
- Release control
- Inspection reports
- Client visibility
Part of Inspection plans
Details
The steps, explained
- Build the plan. Activities, references, acceptance criteria and the intervention level for each party — hold, witness, review, monitor.
- Notify in time. A notice of inspection goes out with the notice period the contract requires, to the party that has to attend.
- Stop where it says stop. A hold point that has not been released blocks the next step in the system, not just in the document.
- Record the outcome. Attended, released, released with comment, or rejected — with who decided and when.
All the features
- Master and project plans. A template ITP becomes a project ITP without losing the link to what it came from.
- Four intervention levels. Hold, witness, review and monitor, per party, per activity.
- Notices and attendance. Notice of inspection, waivers, attendance records.
- Release control. Enforced on the server, not by hiding a button.
- Inspection reports. What was checked, against what, and what was concluded.
- Client visibility. The client sees their own project, and only theirs.
In depth
The difference between a plan and a control
Most inspection and test plans are produced to satisfy a contractual requirement and then live in a document. The activities happen in the workshop; the plan is reconciled with them later. When the two disagree, the plan is usually the one that gets edited.
A hold point that is enforced changes the economics of the argument. Work does not proceed past it, so it cannot be quietly passed and papered over afterwards.
That is uncomfortable the first time it happens and it is the entire point: an inspection regime that can be retro-fitted is not an inspection regime.
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