Qualitative Testing Qualitative tests look for a change in a quality; for example, a color might change. Qualitative tests always involve the use of attributes rather than variables values (e.g., temperature). Consider the Kastle-Meyer test for the presence of blood–an archetype for qualitative forensic testing. The test is impressively quick and functions as a decision […]
Manufacturing Project The project whose scope includes delivery through manufacturing will include some quality assurance steps from the previous blog post to ensure we are able to produce the designed product to the quality expected by the sponsor. Trial Production Run and Problem Discovery The manufacturing team reviews the development of the manufacturing line with […]
Manufacturing plays a BIG Role in Product Quality We have spent some energy on the development of the product design, discussing the sorts of activities we will undertake to assure the product quality. A quality design without the ability to produce the desired quality product is one-half of the solution. Therefore, just like our design […]
In our last blog post, we referred to the APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) activity of DFMEA. The post was about the attempt to perform late in a project. The point to the DFMEA in that instance was lost; at best, if we found a serious problem, would be to abort the launch. The post […]
Asking for more… Recently, I overheard a project manager discussing the use of a quality tool for their project. The project is well underway. Can you guess the tool under discussion? It was the DFMEA or Design Failure Mode Effects Analysis. There are a couple of things wrong with starting the discussion at this point, […]
Quality Project Deliveries No matter the expected delivery, objective or product from the project, to deliver a high quality outcome is the result of intention. It comes from the understanding of the scope, the planning and execution of appropriate quality securing actions and consistent monitoring and adjustment to lessons learned along the way Quality and […]
Review of Rate of Accomplishment From our earlier blog post, we discussed task dependencies and how understanding these connections improve our probability of project success as it pertains to schedule. Additional information on dependencies can be found in our book Project Management of Complex and Embedded Systems. Monitoring Rate of Accomplishment means Measuring So what […]
Accountability and Dependencies. There is much ballyhoo over accountability. Accountability is very important as without responsibility and accountability a project or an organization will never survive let alone thrive. There are times when we push for accountability; however, and few of the prerequisites for the accountability are not met. I am writing specifically accountability as […]
Scope Change and Failure Change happens in that there can be no doubt. Projects must contend with this pitching deck of an operating environment while achieving the end objective. A significant negative impact can be change. Even controlled change can have a detrimental effect on the project success. To fit the classification of controlled change […]
It was a beautiful weekend for working in the yard. Specifically, mowing the leaves as a way to mulch them and return nutrients back to the soil. I was fortunate that I had an interesting song playing in my head. Not one of those annoying ones that often can get stuck in your head and […]