Which of the processes includes all activities of the performing organization that determines policies and responsibilities of a project?

Project Quality Management is the formal process that includes all the activities necessary to determine and implement the quality policy. It defines the quality objectives, roles, and responsibilities for the project to ensure it meets the stakeholders' needs and requirements. This overarching process encompasses quality planning (defining policies and standards), quality assurance (auditing processes), and quality control (inspecting outcomes). Therefore, it is the process that includes the determination of policies and responsibilities as described in the question.

A. Performance quality control: This is a reactive process focused on monitoring specific project results to ensure they conform to quality standards, not on setting initial policies.

B. Performance plan management: This is not a standard or recognized term within major project management frameworks for the activities described.

D. Quality control management: This is a non-standard term. The management of quality control activities is a component within the broader Project Quality Management process.

1. Project Management Institute. (2017). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) (6th ed.). Section 8, "Project Quality Management," Introduction, p. 271. The text states, "Project Quality Management includes the processes for incorporating the organization’s quality policy regarding planning, managing, and controlling project and product quality requirements in order to meet stakeholders’ objectives."

2. Heagney, J. (2016). Fundamentals of Project Management (5th ed.). AMACOM. Chapter 11, "Project Quality Management," p. 129. This chapter defines the knowledge area as including "the processes and activities of the performing organization that determine quality policies, objectives, and responsibilities so that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken."

3. Kerzner, H. (2017). Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling (12th ed.). Wiley. Part 18, "Quality Management," p. 688. The text describes quality management as a comprehensive function that begins with the establishment of a quality policy and the assignment of responsibilities.