2. Quality Definition
• Degree to whish a set of characteristics fulfil
requirements
• A quality is an attribute or a property characteristic of
an object
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3. Scope and Quality Differences
• High scope – high number of software functionalities
(functionalities can be buggy – low quality)
• High quality – no bugs in software (number of
functionalities can be small – small scope)
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4. Project and Quality Management
Similarities
• Focus on customer satisfaction
• Prevention more important then control
• Similar phases: plan-do-check-act
• Management support is important
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5. Project and Quality Contradiction
• Process or product quality
• If project is short investments into process quality don’t
pay of
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12. Standards, Regulations and Specifications
• International Organization of Standardisation (ISO)
• Total Quality Management (TQM)
• Six Sigma
• Failure Mode and Effect Analysis
• Design Review
• Voice of the Customer
• Cost of Quality (COQ)
• Continuous Improvement
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17. e.g. Project Management Quality Checklist
Does the project have an approved quality management plan?
Has the quality management plan been reviewed by all stakeholders?
Is the quality management plan consistent with the rest of the overall project plan?
Have product quality metrics been established, reviewed, and agreed upon?
Do all metrics have agreed upon collection mechanisms?
Do all metrics have an agreed upon collection frequency?
Have quality metrics review meetings been scheduled throughout the project's duration
Are all metrics clear, measurable, controllable, and reportable?
Is the project team familiar with the project's quality review process?
Does the project have an appropriate number of resources assigned for quality assurance?
Has the project team established a repository for all quality documentation?
Have all team members been notified of their required participation in quality reviews?
Have product and process quality standards been established, documented, and communicated?
Have quality thresholds and limits been established, documented, and communicated?
Does the change control process accommodate project changes based on quality control?
Has a project quality manager been assigned?
Is the customer aware of his/her responsibilities relating to quality acceptance?
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18. e.g. Lean 6Sigma Metrics
• Productivity: Labor productivity, Equivalent unit, total people productivity, Sales
per employee, Asset productivity
• People: Turnover rate, Unplanned absence rate
• Safety: Number of incidents, Number of lost workdays, Incident rate, Lost workday
rate, Compensation cost per employee, Employee experience
• Assets: Inventory turns, Days of supply inventory, Total cycle time, Value added
cycle time, Cash conversion cycle
• Quality: CP - potential process capability, CPK - actual process capability, First
pass yield, DPMO - Defects per unit, Defects per million opportunities, Fill rate,
Line item fill rate, Shipments on time rate, Shipping errors per shipment, Warrant
percent of sales, Warrant claims per unit, Complains per unit, Customer
satisfaction
• Total Productivity Maintenance: MTTR - Mean time to Repair, MTBR – Mean
time between failure
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19. Exercise
What are your project specific quality
standards and essential quality metrics?
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23. Quality Control VS Scope
Control*
Scope control is about accepting
the deliverables
Quality control is about meeting
the quality requirements specified
for the deliverables
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24. Inputs:
- Project plan
- Quality plan
- Quality metrics
- Quality criteria
- Performance
information
- Deliverables
Methods:
- Audits
- Process analysis
- Quality control tools
and techniques
Outputs
- Change requests
- Corrective actions
- Plan updates
- Lessons learned
Quality Control
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25. Quality Control Tools and Techniques
• Cause and effect diagrams
• Control charts
• Flow charts
• Histograms
• Pareto charts
• Run charts - trends
• Scatter diagrams
• Statistical sampling
• Inspections
• Defect repair reviews
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28. The End of the Quality
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Editor's Notes
E.g. Word vs Notepad (amount of functionalities vs the quality of functions)
Objectives – include measurable success criteria
Scope description – characteristics of the project, product or service (preliminary functionalities)
Requirements – client needs, standards,
Boundaries – what is excluded
Deliverables – product outputs and project documents
Criteria –
Constrains – e.g. predefined budget, deadline
Assumptions – e.g. experts with specific competences
Organization – e.g. team members, stakeholders
Risks –
Labor productivity – units produced / labor hours
Equivalent unit – normalized labor productivity values – all different product units represented in one product unit.
Inventory turns – cost og goods sold / average inventory level?
CP – ???
CPK - ???
First pass yield - Percentage of units that meet specifications without any rework or repair.