Project Quality Management
Abraham Hermosillo
National University
Project quality management is defined as ensuring that a project will satisfy the requirements that it is initially intended to have. This means that not only meeting written requirements for scope, time and cost is needed in a project management, but it also must meet the specified and implied needs from a stakeholder(s) and this is where project quality management comes into play (Schwalbe, 2015, pg. 302). Project quality management purpose is to know how quality of a project will be managed during the development of the project and this is done in part by communicating the overall quality practices by the team project members. Project quality management contains three
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As mentioned in the text book Information Technology Project Management “Planning quality management includes identifying which quality requirements and standards are relevant to the project and how to satisfy them” (Schwalbe, 2015, pg. 302). It is also noted that an example of quality can be IT services, system development, develop sensible response time for a system and confirming the system produces reliable and precise information (Schwalbe, …show more content…
In other words, the process takes responsibility for quality throughout the project’s life cycle. Quality Assurance also have outputs that are change requests, project management plan updates, project documents updates, and organizational process asset updates. Quality Assurance in conjunction with its outputs have inputs for continuous quality improvement and they are quality management plan, process improvement plan, quality metrics, quality control measurement and project documents (Schwalbe, 2016). For example, in a headphone manufacturing company, the quality control finds that batch of headphones have poor sound quality and recommends discarding headphones produced past its initial 3 weeks. The quality assurance investigates and reports that the supplier has changed components in a part of the headphone that caused the issue and demands the supplier to make a change and fix the issue (Spacey,
In today's business it is in the best interest of companies to have project managers. Common sense isn't always easily accomplished. Anyone who's ever worked on a project in a technical setting knows this. Indeed, much of working with others consists of solving unexpected problems and learning from mistakes along the way. Knowing this and having the proper tools a project manager will be able to manage and complete the most intense project out there.
Project Management is a concept of making the project successful through knowledge, processes, methods and experience. Every project is unique since it needs the same mythology of the methods but the circumstances are always different. The success rate of a project can be derived from the output it produces, outcomes or benefits, according to a criteria within agreed budget and timescale.
Achieving the anticipated outcome of cost, time, and quality are traditionally what determines the success or failure of a project (Chipulu et al., 2014). Project success is dependent on the support of senior management, but their involvement in projects and understanding of project management methodologies is perceived to be inadequate by project managers (Ancosky, 2013) or lack of proper governance makes them ineffective (Young & Poon, 2013).
Quality assurance is a continuous procedure which must be followed and controlled. Quality assurance and change is the obligation of all stakeholders and these must be included in all cycles of the quality cycle.
In order to ensure quality, a continual quality process will be used throughout the project life cycle. This iterative process includes measuring process metrics, analyzing process data, and continuously improving the process.
The projects in today’s world are given a lot of importance and it will continue to grow in the coming years. There are a lot of companies which do not have production, but all of them do have projects. There are a lot of books which have been published on which related to planning and managing the projects. The one of the most important one was published by the author Eli Goldratt in his book ‘Critical chain’. This book basically talks and shows how the application of theory of constraints in the field of project management. The novel is basically based on one of the MBA classes in America where a number of ideas are developed in discussions among the students and the lecturers. The lecturer is basically fighting for a tenure with the president of the university who expects a downturn in the executive MBA. The lecturer who teaches project management has a word with one the senior colleagues and project management was the right topic to teach. There were three students who were placed in the project management team of their company which manufactures electronic products. The students are enrolled in this MBA class along with other students, here they discover a new approach to project management which is known as the
... than needed or demanded since that would cause the price and costs to increase. To ensure that the quality requirements are met, there are three steps that should be taken; plan, perform and monitor. Firstly determining which standards want to be implemented and the way they need to be achieved. Secondly, performing the planned actions. Lastly, monitoring the results to ensure that the standards are being met which involves identifying and eliminating potential problems that arose during the performance.
Project Management practice varies considerably from one type of project to another (Payne and Turner, 1999) and its methods are essentially designed for the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to manage activities so as to meet the project objectives (PMI, 2013). A range of different tools, techniques, and approaches are applied to distinct types of projects in order to adapt project management procedures to the specific needs of each project (Crawford et al., 2005). The application of the principles of project management have been considered to be very efficient in the management and control of projects (Murphy and Ledwith, 2007). Project managers tackle different tasks and challenges throughout a project implementation,
Project management is said to be completed within time when it completed within the “triple constraints”: cost, time and quality. And in a lot of causes, one them is sacrificed so as to meet the other two. Project managers prioritize which ones are the most important.
The topic of my group (group 4) was “How to totally float through your project for free” and the presentation was held by Roger Goodman who works for PMI NZ and Ernst & Young supply chain management with many years of working experience in many different countries such as Saudi Arabia and China.
When you are selected to be in charge of any situation the responsibility of accomplishment or disappointment falls onto you. Once you are placed in a management role of a project you must be able to lead individuals effectively and efficiently in order to reach the expected conclusion of projects placed upon you. The success of a project manager can be broken down into specific roles and responsibility. A successful project manager must understand the concept of the project as well as be a leader, a coordinator, a motivator, and a communicator to the client and his or her fellow team members. Project managers also take on the responsibility of trying to avoiding common mistakes made by project managers that could potential lead to the failure
“Project management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to organisational and project activities to achieve the aims of an organisation through projects” (PMI, 2003).
so in a way it can been seen as a type of project management since
When planning a new project, how the project will be managed is one of the most important factors. The importance of a managers will determine the success of the project. The success of the project will be determined by how well it is managed. Project management is referred to as the discipline that entails the processes of carefully planning, organizing, controlling, and motivating the organization resources so as to foster and facilitate the achievement of specific established and desired goals and meet the specific criteria of success required in the organization (Larson, 2014). Over the course of this paper I will be discussing and analyzing the importance of project management.
Project management involves all activities that encompass scheduling, planning, and controlling projects. A successful project manager ensure that an organization’s resources are being used both efficiently and effectively. Most projects need to be uniquely developed require a sense of customization and the ability to adapt to any posed challenges. The scope of effective project management includes defining what the project is and what is being expected to be accomplished. Projects are imposed to fulfill a certain need and project managers must have the ability to create the proper definition. Goals and the means used to attain those goals have to be clearly stated. Project Managers must also have the ability to plan