Vary an Outline > Vary a QA Approved Outline

If a variation is made to an Outline which has a status of 'QA Approved - Awaiting Publication', it must be quality assured once again by a QA Officer. See QA Exemptions for a list of sections which do not require a QA review if varied post QA approval.

The process for making a variation to a QA Approved Outline is:

1.	the Author must click on the Outline and select 'Vary' from the pop-up menu;

2.	the Author will be provided with a warning message and asked to confirm they wish to continue - if yes, click OK;

3.	the Outline will obtain a 'Revision Required' status and open in the Edit screen;

4.	the Author edits the Outline as normal. See Edit an Outline.

5.	the Author clicks the 'Ready for QA' button and successfully completes the 'Ready for QA' process which includes a Data Refresh and Compliance Check.

6.	the system then performs a QA exemption check. To learn about sections which are exempt from QA see QA Exemptions.

if ONLY sections which are exempt from QA have been edited, the Author will be asked to confirm they wish to mark the Outline 'Ready to Publish'. If the Author chooses to continue, the varied Outline will be progressed to publication as per the normal Outline publication process. To learn more see Publish an Outline and the Outline Development Process.

if ANY section not exempt from QA has been edited, the Outline obtains an 'Awaiting QA' status, the current QA Officer will receive an email notification advising the Outline is awaiting review. The QA Officer must enter the Subject Outlines QA screen and undertake QA as normal. To learn more see Quality Assure an Outline, Publish an Outline and the Outline Development Process.