Overview

The Quality Improvement Priority Matrix (QIPM) web application is a sophisticated, comprehensive business analysis tool for evaluating and identifying key aspects of your business, department, or team. The Survey tool lets you easily evaluate the performance of a company's clients, employee satisfaction, or a product's performance. All data is collected from participants via a web interface, and the data is automatically analyzed and organized by the QIPM system.

A QIPM survey consists of a series of questions. Each participant rates a survey item's importance and performance, thus helping you evaluate the importance of each item and assessing where you should focus attention and priorities.

For example, a survey item may be "Conference Room Chairs". The participants may reply with a high rating for importance, and a low rating for performance. This suggests that your participants feel that it is important to have good chairs in the conference room, and it needs improvement. As a result, you know it would be beneficial to purchase some new chairs.

Survey Stages

Each QIPM project has 3 stages: build survey, data collection, and data analysis. The QIPM system walks you through each stage, guiding you from one stage to the next. The online help will answer your questions for each screen, and help you build and administer the best possible survey project.

Stage 1 - Build Survey

The QIPM system has a Survey Building Tool which allows you to create survey sections and questions within each section. You can create, edit, or delete a survey item, as well as adjust the order of survey items. In addition to the survey questionnaire, you can also create content that each survey participant would see.

Stage 2 - Data Collection

Once a QIPM survey has been built, a project enters the Data Collection phase, in which participants are created and sent invitations, and their responses are collected. The QIPM system has a Participant Management System helps you organize participant accounts, track their status in the survey, and performs mass E-Mailing campaign to send participant invitations. You can also export up-to-the-minute survey responses and import into most databases and spreadsheet programs.

Stage 3 - Result Analysis

After the survey has been shared with participants and their responses have been gathered, the QIPM system will perform statistical calculations and dynamically generate graphical charts to better analyze and express the results. These charts can be easily incorporated into a report, publication, or paper. All data is saved on the QIPM system for your review and retrieval. Survey results can be exported for use in most databases and spreadsheets. Future surveys can be successor projects to existing QIPM surveys, thus permitting an historical analysis of survey results.

Export Data

At any point during Stage 2 or 3 you can export the data in comma-delimited (CSV) format, which is compatible with most database and spreadsheet programs.

Data Chart

During Stage 3 of a project the QIPM system will dynamically generate charts. Each chart uses color-ranges to create intuitive and easy-to-read data results.

Quick-Start Guide

First, register with QIPM and create a new survey project. Then you will be brought to Stage 1 to build the survey content and questions. Once you are satisfied with the survey questionnaire, the project will enter Stage 2 where you invite participants and collect the data. When you are satisfied that enough participants have responded, you will enter Stage 3, where the QIPM program will analyze and calculate statistical information and generate charts which you can use in any report, publication, or paper.

How long is my survey data stored on the QIPM system?

You can sign-in and review your data results for three years. The data can be exported to your local computer at any time.

How many participants may my survey have?

Your survey can have an unlimited number of survey participants. Each survey comes with 50 free participant accounts, and you pay $5 per 50 additional participant accounts.

What fees are there to use the QIPM tool?

You pay a one-time fee to create a new survey project, of which you get 50 free participant accounts. You may add an unlimited number of additional accounts, for a cost of $5 per 50 additional participant accounts.

Who can use the QIPM tool?

Anyone can use QIPM with any computer connected to the Internet.

Why should I use QIPM instead of doing it by hand?

The QIPM saves you time and money by helping you build the survey questions, E-Mailing invitations to participants, and performing data collection via the Internet. Also, the QIPM tool analyzes the results and builds graphics charts that you can then use in reports, papers, and publications.

How long does it take to get started?

You can have a survey up and running in just a few minutes.

What payment options are there?

You can pay by credit card or money order.

What are the technical requirements for using the QIPM system?

There are no downloads or special requirements. Survey makers need a web browser (with cookies and JavaScript enabled), and a connection to the Internet.
Survey participants may use any web browser to respond to a survey questionnaire.

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