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11 Cards in this Set
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Quality |
A conformance to requirements and a fitness for use; fulfilling the project scope. |
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A category or rank given to entities having the same functional use but different technical characteristics. |
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Gold plating |
The process of adding extra features to drive up costs and consume the budget. |
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Quality assurance |
A prevention-driven process to do the project work right the first time. |
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Quality control |
An inspection-driven process to keep mistakes from entering the customers' hands. |
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Scope creep |
The addition of small, undocumented changes that bypass the scope change control system; aka project poison. |
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Cost of poor quality |
The cost of not achieving quality: rework, loss of life or limb, loss of sales; aka cost of nonconformance to quality. |
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Prevention |
Aims to keep errors out of the process. |
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Inspection |
Aims to keep errors away from customers. |
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Attribute sampling |
Shows if the results conform to requirements or not; variable sampling shows the degree of conformity. |
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Tolerances |
Demonstrate the range of acceptable results. |
