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What are key elements/factors to control quality process in product development process?

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Muhammad Usman Iqbal Malik Project Manager|Engineering Design and Development Lahore, Pakistan
With quality well defined,parameters set, process planned and checklists/metrics finalized, deviations are still unavoidable. Root cause analysis does lead to the real cause but finding the cause and recommending corrective action for each individual issue has its own implications like delays and cost over runs. There is so vast variety of issues one faces in each product development cycle that a proactive approach may be one universal solution, and for that quality control process is of great value. In that context I wanna ask if there are certain key factors which can help making quality control process to be more effective?
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Drew Craig Sr. Agile & Product Coach| Vanguard Philadelphia, Pa, United States
Shorter iterations, quicker feedback loops, smaller batch sizes.
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
Muhammad -

1. Measure the "right" things
2. Ensure operational definitions are in place along with thorough training to ensure QC procedures are performed consistently
3. Ensure your process is in control before tweaking it
4. Don't ignore QA otherwise QC is unlikely to remain effective

Kiron
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Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina
Go to the basement. What is quality? What is the defintion of quality into your organization? That is the key, becasue quality is an strategical matter. In fact, organizations can not survive if they do not define quality. Why? To define quality you must define "client" and then "value". When you define what "client" and "value" mean for the organization then you can define quality. And that can be splitted for each business defined into the organization. After defining quality organizations must take into account what is the best option to invest in terms of the business: quality assurance or quality control. Is in terms of the business because some domains (health for example) define to put focus in one as a restriction. With all that said the key to be successful is a simple thing. quality is cultural, is behave and thinking in a way. You can take the examples from companies like Toyota.

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