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PMP Quality Management

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1. A continuous strategy based on ongoing incremental betterment within an organization.






2. Form of sampling that measures how well something conforms to quality.






3. Quality training - Studies - Surveys - Validation and audits






4. Specific to the type of product or service being produced and the customer expectations - the level of this type of quality will vary. Organizations strive to have efficient and effective processes in support of the product quality expected. For exam






5. Form of sampling where ether a work result conforms to quality or it does not.






6. A statement of principles for what the organization defines as quality. This policy is usually endorsed by senior management and can be adopted or adjusted to fit the needs of the project.






7. Tool that is commonly used in statistics as a graphical display of tabulated frequencies. The categories are usually denoted on the x-axis with the height of the bar displaying the proportion of cases that fall into each category. *Great for helping






8. Cost benefit analysis - Cost of quality - Control charts - Benchmarking - Design of experiments - Statistical sampling - Flowcharting - Proprietary quality management methodologies - Additional quality planning tools






9. Histograms ordered by frequency of occurrence and help you figure out which problems need your attention right away. These charts are conceptually related to Pareto's law - which visually shows that 20% of causes produce 80% of defects.






10. Quality management plan - Quality metrics - Quality checklists - Process improvement plan - Project document updates






11. The change of rejecting a good lot prior to selling to the customer. (Sampling Definition)

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12. Total Quality Management (TQM) - Continuous Improvement Process (CIP or Kaizan) - Six Sigma - Lean Sigma






13. Quality improvement cycle popularized by W. Edwards Deming and used by a lot of Kaizen practitioners.based on making small improvements - and measuring how much benefit they make before you change your process to include them. This cycle is the basis






14. Concept developed by the Japanese where materials are provided only when they are needed in manufacturing environments.






15. Is about making sure that the product you build has the best design possible to fit the customer's needs.






16. Cause and effect diagrams - Control charts - Flowcharting - Histogram - Paneto chart - Run chart - Scatter diagram - Statistical sampling - Inspection - Approved change requests review






17. A quality theory popularized after World War II that states that everyone in the company is responsible for the quality and is able to make a difference in the ultimate quality of the product. Applies to improvements in the processes and in the resul






18. Solicit improvement ideas from employees - Encourage teams to identify and solve problems. - Encourage team development - Benchmark every major activity in the organization - Utilize process management techniques - Develop staff to be entrepreneurial






19. Means the value of repeated measurements are clustered and have little scatter. Not necessary accurate. *The degree of reproducibility.






20. Involves choosing part of a population for inspection for the purpose of accepting or rejecting the entire lot. The results can be depicted through the use of variety of charting methods such as histograms - scatter diagrams or Pareto diagrams.






21. Pattern in control chart in which a series of consecutive points are on the same side of the mean.






22. Describes how the project managment team will implement it's quality policy and will provide input to the overall project management plan.






23. A business improvement methodology that strives to achieve the fastest rate of improvement on quality - process speed and customer satisfaction while lowering costs and invested capital.






24. Pattern in control chart in which a series of consecutive points have an increasing or decreasing pattern.






25. The degree to which a set of inherent characteristics satisfied the stated or implied needs of the customer. Measurement of how closely your product meets its requirements and does what you needed it to do.






26. Project management plan - Quality metrics - Quality checklists - Work performance measurements - Approved change requests - Deliverables - Organizational process assets






27. An approach to improving quality: - Plan - Improve - Control

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28. Line graphs showing data points plotted in the sequence of occurrence. It is used for analysis in trends over time. Can be used for technical performance such as measuring errors or defects - or cost and schedule performance through the use of earned






29. Pattern in control chart in which a run of points is close to the control limits.






30. Uses participative approach to quality - Adopt new philosophy of quality throughout the organization - - Cease the use of mass inspections - End awards based on price - Improve production and service - Institute leadership - Eliminate numerical quota

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31. Comparing actual or planned project practices to those of comparable projects to identify best practices - generate ideas for improvement - and provide a basis for measuring performance.






32. Assurance that the products are fit for use or the customer receives compensation. It could cover downtime and maintenance costs.






33. Project management plan - Quality metrics - Work performance information - Quality control measurements






34. Pattern in control chart in which there is a run of seven or more points above or below the mean indicating adjustment is needed.






35. Quality control tool that shows how various causes and subcauses relate to create problems and effects. Used to figure out what caused a defect. You list all the categories of the defects that you have identified and then write the possible causes of






36. Specific to the type of product produced and the customer requirements - this type of quality measures the extent to which the end product(s) of the project meets the specified requirements. It can be expressed in terms that include - but are not lim






37. Well known for his four-step cycle to improve quality: Plan - Do - Check - Act (PDCA).






38. Costs of nonconformance associated with those that have reached the customer. Includes costs associated with handling and resolving customer concerns.






39. Independent evaluations of quality performance to ensure that intended quality will be met; products are safe and fit for use; laws and regulations are followed; data systems are adequate; corrective action is taken if needed; improvement opportuniti






40. A category or rank used to distinguish items that have the same functional use (e.g. - "hammer") but do not share the same requirements for quality (e.g. - different hammers may need to withstand difference amounts of force). *Describes how much peop






41. Used to show the correlation between two characteristics. If there is a strong correlation - minor changes to one variable will change the other variable. The relative correlation of one characteristic to the other can be seen by the pattern formed b






42. The process of monitoring and recording results of executing the quality activities to assess performance and recommend necessary changes. *This is where you look at each deliverable and inspect it for defects.






43. Tool that gives a graphical display of results of a process over time. Include a defined upper and lower control limit - a mean and a visual pattern indicating out-of-control conditions such as outliers (points outside upper [UCL] or lower [LCL] cont






44. Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) - Malcolm Baldridge - Organizational Project Maturity Model (OPM3)






45. All the results of your inspections: the number of defects you've found - number of tests that passed or failed - etc.






46. The area - on either side of the centerline - or mean - of data plotted on a control chart that meets the customer's requirements for a product or service. This area may be greater than or less than the area defined by the control limits.






47. The document that details the activities to analyze processes - including project management processes in order to improve value. *Is a plan for improving the process you are using to do the work.






48. (Technique) A method of determining the costs incurred to ensure quality. Prevention and appraisal costs (cost of comformance) include costs for quality - planning - quality control (QC) - and quality assurance to ensure compliance to requirements (i






49. Process frameworks and methodologies that project managers use to improve quality. These include Six Sigma - Lean Six Sigma - Quality Function Deployment - CMMI - etc.






50. Plan quality and perform quality control tools and techniques - Quality audits - Process analysis