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Quality Management

Section Description
Module Context Part of Quality, Performance, and Engagement Management within Genesys Cloud Workforce Engagement Management (WEM).
Purpose Enables supervisors to record interactions, evaluate agents, analyze conversations, gather customer feedback, and coach agents to improve service quality and compliance.
Admin Location Admin → Quality
Alt Navigation (most sub-sections) Menu → Conversation Intelligence → ... (see Navigation table below)
Core Capabilities Recording encryption, evaluations, surveys, policies, speech & text analytics, topic mining, sentiment analysis, and coaching tools.

Quality management helps organizations monitor interactions, enforce compliance, evaluate agent performance, and gain insights into customer conversations using analytics and feedback tools.


Study Notes

Topic Explanation
Quality Management Framework for evaluating and improving agent interactions and service quality.
Interaction Recording Captures voice and digital interactions for compliance and review.
Evaluation Forms Scorecards used to evaluate recorded interactions and measure agent performance.
Surveys Customer feedback collected after interactions (e.g., CSAT or NPS).
Policies Automation rules for evaluation assignment, recording retention, calibration, and surveys.
Topic Miner Identifies frequently occurring phrases or topics in conversation transcripts.
Speech & Text Analytics AI-powered analysis of transcripts to identify trends, topics, and sentiment.
Topics & Programs Structured definitions used to track business-level intents within interactions.
Sentiment Feedback Allows administrators to correct incorrectly classified phrases in sentiment analysis.
Recording Management Controls recording infrastructure: screen recording concurrency, URL expiration, storage region, and orphaned recordings.

Navigation

Feature Admin Navigation Alt Navigation
Encryption Keys Admin → Quality → Encryption Keys
Evaluation Forms Admin → Quality → Evaluation Forms Menu → Conversation Intelligence → Quality Management → Evaluation Forms
Survey Forms Admin → Quality → Survey Forms
Policies Admin → Quality → Policies Menu → Conversation Intelligence → Recording and Policies → Policies
Evaluators (Dashboard) Performance → Overview → Quality Evaluator Menu → Conversation Intelligence → Quality Management → Evaluators
Recording Management Admin → Quality → Recording Management Menu → Conversation Intelligence → Recording and Policies → Recording Management
Topic Miner Admin → Quality → Topic Miner
Speech & Text Analytics Admin → Quality → Speech & Text Analytics
Sentiment Feedback Admin → Quality → Sentiment Feedback
Topics Admin → Quality → Topics
Programs Admin → Quality → Programs

Configuration Fields (UI Form Fields)

Encryption Keys

Field Description Options
Key Configuration Type Encryption key management model Genesys Cloud Managed Keys / Local Key Manager / AWS KMS Symmetric
Periodic Key Change Frequency for generating new encryption keys Daily / Weekly / Monthly / Yearly / Never
Save Save encryption configuration Button

Evaluation Forms

Field Description Options
Create Creates a new evaluation form Button
Form Name Name of the evaluation form Text
Last Modified Timestamp of last modification — also serves as version ID Read-only
Question Group Category grouping related questions Example: Compliance / Customer Experience
Add Question Adds new evaluation question Button
Question Type Type of evaluation question Multiple Choice / Yes-No / Range
Question Name Question text shown to evaluator Text
Help Text Tooltip guidance for evaluator Text
Points Score value assigned to answers Numeric
Require Additional Comments Forces evaluator to add a comment Toggle
Conditional Question Displays question based on previous answer Toggle
Fatal Question Incorrect answer fails entire evaluation automatically Toggle
Critical Question High-impact question — affects score but does not auto-fail Toggle
Save Save draft evaluation form Button
Publish Make form available for evaluators and policies Button

Survey Forms

Field Description Options
Create Create new survey form Button
Survey Language Language used for survey Dropdown
Survey Form Name Internal survey identifier Text
Header Instructions or images displayed to customer Text / Image
Add Question Add survey question Button
Question Type Survey question format Multiple Choice / Yes-No / Range / Free Text / NPS
NPS Question Net Promoter Score question Only one NPS question allowed per survey
Save Save survey form Button
Publish Publish survey form Button
Preview Form Preview survey before publishing Button

Policies

Field Description Options
Create New Policy Creates new quality policy Button
Policy Name Name of policy Text
Description Policy purpose Text
Media Type Interaction type tabs Call / Chat / Email / Message (each configured separately)
Conversation Direction Interaction direction filter Inbound / Outbound
Specific Users / Work Teams Restrict policy to specific users or teams Dropdown
Specific Queues Apply policy to queues Dropdown — max 250 recommended
Specific Wrap-Up Codes Filter interactions by wrap-up result Dropdown
Time Sets Apply policy during specific time ranges Dropdown
Date Range Policy date criteria Calendar
Conversation Duration Match interactions by duration Numeric — includes queue time and ACW
Customer Participation Match email/message by customer participation Participated / Did not participate
Recording Retention Required field — Define recording retention Retain / Do Not Save
Export Recordings Export recordings to AWS S3 Toggle
Screen Recording Enable screen recording (ACD only) Toggle — max 365 days retention
Create Evaluations by Evaluators Assign fixed evals per evaluator per period Toggle
Create Evaluations by Agents Assign fixed evals per agent per period Toggle
Create Evaluations by Interaction Assign eval for every matching interaction Toggle
Create Calibration Evaluations Generate calibration sessions Toggle
Send Web Survey Automatically send surveys Toggle — requires Architect Survey Invite Flow

Evaluation limits: Max 50/day, 175/week, 700/month per agent. No-match behavior: Recordings without a matching policy are retained indefinitely (or up to org maximum if configured).


Recording Management

Field Description Options
Maximum Simultaneous Screen Recordings Limits concurrent screen recordings 0–2000
Recording Playback URL Time-to-live How long playback links remain valid 2–60 minutes (default 60)
Recording Batch Download URL Time-to-live How long download links remain valid 2–60 minutes (default 60)
Storage of Call Recordings Recording storage region Home Region / Global Media Fabric trunk region
Orphaned Recordings Recordings stored on Edge device that failed to upload Clickable link to manage

Topic Miner

Field Description Options
New Miner Create mining job Button
Language Transcript language model Dropdown
Data Source Interaction data source Genesys Cloud
Date Range Time window to analyze Calendar
Media Type Interaction channel Voice / Chat / Message / Email
Queue Selection Select queues to mine Up to 5 queues

Speech & Text Analytics Settings

Field Description Options
Voice Transcription Enables transcription Toggle
Transcript Confidence Threshold Minimum confidence for inclusion Default 40%
Low-Latency Transcription Near real-time transcript generation Toggle
Content Search Enables transcript keyword search Last 35 days

Sentiment Feedback

Field Description Options
Add Phrase Add phrase for sentiment correction Button
Phrase Text Phrase as it appears in transcripts Text
Sentiment Label Correct sentiment classification Positive / Neutral / Negative
Dialect Speech analytics dialect model for phrase Dropdown

Topics

Field Description Options
Topic Name Unique topic identifier Text
Description Topic explanation Text
Tags Classification tags Text
Strictness Matching sensitivity Low / Medium / High
Participants Conversation participants analyzed External / Internal / Both

Programs

Field Description Options
Program Name Program identifier Text
Dialect Language dialect Dropdown
Add Topics Add topics to program Button
Merge Phrases Combine detected phrases Toggle
Queue Mapping Assign program to queues Dropdown
Flow Mapping Assign program to Architect flows Dropdown

QM Roles and Permissions

Role Key Permissions
Quality Administrator Manage encryption keys, policies, evaluation forms, calibrations, recordings, annotations
Quality Evaluator Edit evaluations and annotations; view chats, recordings, encryption keys — requires Quality > Evaluation > Edit Score

Both roles are customizable. Quality Administrator recording access can be restricted to specific queues using conditions.


Dependencies

Component Purpose
Interaction Recording Required for evaluations
SIP Trunk (Line Recording enabled) Required for call recording to function
Speech & Text Analytics Enables transcript-based analysis
Architect Required for survey invitation flows
Workforce Engagement Management Integrates coaching and quality monitoring
AWS S3 Optional long-term or external recording storage

Platform Integration / Related Components

Component Relationship
Architect Sends surveys and triggers workflows
Analytics Workspace Provides reporting dashboards
Workforce Engagement Management Supports agent coaching and training
Interaction Recording Captures interactions for evaluation
Gamification Uses evaluation data for performance metrics

Implementation Checklist

Step Status
Configure recording encryption keys
Enable Line Recording on SIP trunks
Enable interaction recording
Create evaluation forms
Publish evaluation forms
Create survey forms
Configure Architect survey invite flow
Create quality policies
Configure recording storage and URL TTL
Enable speech transcription
Configure topics and programs

Implementation Guide

Step Action
Step 1 Configure recording encryption keys
Step 2 Enable Line Recording on SIP trunks
Step 3 Enable interaction recording
Step 4 Create and publish evaluation forms
Step 5 Create and publish survey forms
Step 6 Create Architect survey invite flow
Step 7 Create quality policies
Step 8 Configure Recording Management (concurrency, TTL, storage region)
Step 9 Enable speech transcription
Step 10 Configure analytics topics and programs

Workflow

Customer Interaction
        ↓
Interaction Recording
        ↓
Speech/Text Transcription
        ↓
Quality Policy Evaluates Interaction
        ↓
Evaluation Assigned to Evaluator
        ↓
Evaluator Reviews and Scores Interaction
        ↓
Customer Survey Sent (if policy configured)
        ↓
Analytics & Coaching

Best Practices

Practice Reason
Standardize evaluation forms Maintain consistent scoring
Use speech analytics Detect customer sentiment trends
Regularly review evaluations Identify coaching opportunities
Combine surveys and evaluations Gain full customer experience insight
Define clear policies Automate quality monitoring processes
Separate retention and evaluation policies Keeps policies focused and manageable
Calibrate evaluators regularly Ensures consistent scoring standards

Limitations / Constraints

Constraint Description
NPS per survey Only one NPS question per survey form
Policy scope Applies only to interactions after activation
Screen recording Maximum 365 days retention; ACD interactions only
Topic Miner Limited to 5 queues per mining job
Evaluation limits Max 50/day, 175/week, 700/month per agent
Content search Up to 35 days of transcript data
Screen recording concurrency Max 2000 simultaneous screen recordings
Playback/download URL TTL 2–60 minutes (default 60)

Interview Cheat Sheet

Question Answer
What is Genesys Cloud Quality Management? A system for evaluating interactions and improving service quality using recordings, evaluations, surveys, policies, and analytics.
What tools are included? Evaluations, surveys, policies, recordings, speech analytics, topic miner, sentiment feedback, programs, topics.
What is a fatal question? A question that automatically fails an evaluation if answered incorrectly.
What is Topic Miner? Tool used to discover frequently occurring phrases in interaction transcripts.
What is sentiment feedback? Allows administrators to manually correct sentiment classification errors.
What are evaluation assignment limits? 50/day, 175/week, 700/month per agent.
What happens to recordings with no matching policy? Retained indefinitely (or up to org maximum).
What is the version ID for an evaluation form? The last-modified date/time timestamp.
Where do evaluators access their dashboard? Performance → Overview → Quality Evaluator

Key Takeaways

Topic Summary
Quality Management Ensures high service standards through evaluation, recording, and analytics
Evaluation Forms Structured scoring — fatal questions auto-fail; critical questions heavily impact score
Surveys Capture customer feedback — one NPS per survey; require Architect invite flow
Speech Analytics Automated transcript analysis — confidence threshold default 40%; search up to 35 days
Policies Automate evaluations, surveys, and recording retention — 3 evaluation assignment methods
Evaluation Limits 50/day / 175/week / 700/month per agent
Coaching Evaluations and analytics drive performance improvement
Recording Management Screen recording max 2000 concurrent; URL TTL 2–60 min; storage home region or GMF