Project Quality Assurance
Data Owner
Availability in Data Warehouse
Available
Data Refresh Rate
Daily
Accountability Weighted Scoring
30%
For historical reasons, the SESP and PQA Data are stored together.
Downloading the data from the UNDP Data Warehouse, provides a CSV file with the following columns:
OperatingUnit: Identifies the operational unit associated with the project, indicating the specific geographic or organizational division.
Bureau: Specifies the bureau within the organization that oversees the project, representing a higher-level administrative grouping.
isActive: A binary indicator (1 for active, 0 for inactive) showing whether the project is currently active.
Year: The year associated with the project's data entry, indicating when the project was either initiated or recorded in the system.
isQA_Eligible: A binary flag (1 for yes, 0 for no) denoting whether the project is eligible for Quality Assurance (QA) processes.
isQA_Required: Another binary flag (1 for yes, 0 for no) indicating whether the project requires QA based on specific criteria or standards.
QA_Status: Describes the QA status of the project, such as "Exempted" or "Completed," detailing the outcome of the QA process.
isSESP_Required: A binary indicator (1 for yes, 0 for no) showing whether the project requires Social and Environmental Standards Screening Procedures (SESP).
SESP_Status: Reflects the current status of the SESP process for the project, with possible values like "Not Monitored," "Pending," or "Completed."
ProjectNum_Unified: A unique identifier for each project, allowing for consistent tracking and referencing across different records or databases.
ApprovedDate: The date and time when the project received approval, formatted as a timestamp, indicating when the project was officially sanctioned.
PQA Statuses
Exempted
Completed
Not Required
Pending
Ongoing
Project Types
Some project types are exempt from PQA. Here is the full list of project types in the Data Warehouse and whether they are eligible or exempt from PQA.
DEVEF
Exempt
DEVT
Exempt
ENGMT
Exempt
FCORE
Exempt
FNONC
Exempt
FPART
Exempt
GLO
Eligible
INT
Exempt
MGMT
Exempt
MSA
Exempt
PROJM
Exempt
RAF
Eligible
RAP
Eligible
RAS
Eligible
REC
Eligible
RLA
Eligible
RMCOR
Exempt
RMFLC
Exempt
RMPLC
Exempt
SSC
Eligible
UNC
Exempt
UNV
Exempt
CNT
Eligible
Calculation Methodology
Filtering by Bureau: Initially, we select projects that are part of specific bureaus, namely "RBA," "RBAP," "RBAS," "RBLAC," "CB," "BPPS," and "RBEC."
Further Filtering for QA Required and Active Projects: Among the projects filtered by bureau, we apply additional criteria to focus on those that:
Are marked as requiring QA (
isQA_Required
== 1), indicating that they must undergo Quality Assurance processes based on predefined standards or conditions.Are marked as eligible for QA (
isQA_Eligible
== 1), indicating that they must undergo Quality Assurance processes based on predefined standards or conditions.Are currently active (
isActive
== 1), meaning the project is ongoing or has not been concluded or cancelled.
Excluding Projects Based on QA Status: From the filtered set, we further exclude projects with an QA status of
Exepted
,Not Required
. This exclusion ensures we focus on projects genuinely engaged with the QA process beyond mere administrative categorization, emphasizing those under evaluation or awaiting completion.Identifying Unique Projects: After applying these filters, we count the number of unique projects by their
ProjectNum_Unified
identifier. This final step provides the total count of distinct projects meeting all the specified criteria.Define Complete and Incomplete:
Complete: We considered a PQA as "Complete" if the QA Status is
Complete
and ApprovedDate within the last two years.Incomplete: The sum of
Pending
andOngoing
QA statuses as "Incomplete + any projects withComplete
status that is older than two years
Calculating QA Completion Rate: To calculate the completion rate, we need to determine the total number of projects and the proportion of completed projects. The completion rate is usually expressed as a percentage and can be calculated using the following formula: Completion Rate (%) = (Number of Complete Projects / Total Number of Projects) * 100
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