SabPMS#84_Prevention_vs_Inspection

SabPMS#84_Prevention_vs_Inspection

1. Marginal Analysis

   • Refers to looking for the point where benefits or revenue to be received from improving quality equals the incremental cost to achieve that quality

2. Prevention

   • Continuous Improvement (Kaizen)
     • Involves continuously looking for small improvements, Kaizen (make it better or improve)
     • OPM3, PMI's maturity model for the evolution of project management withn a organization.
   • Just In Time (JIT)
     • used to reduce costs of holding materials in inventory, insted suppliers deliver materias just when ther are nedded.
   • Total Quality Management
     • This filosophy encourages companies and their employees to focus on finding ways to contonuously improve the quality of their products ant their business practices at every lever of the organization
   • Responsibility for Quality
     • The project manager has the ultimate responsibility for the quality of the product of the project, but each team member must check his or her work by inspecting it
     • Sr. Management has the ultimate responsibility for quality in the organization as a whole
   • Impact of quality
     • Increased costs, Decreased profits, low morale, low customer satisfaction, increased risk, rework schedules delays

3. Inspection

   • Audits