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Explain changing views of quality with reference to past and present in quality management
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Quality is the responsibility of blue-collar workers and direct labour employees working on the floor. | Quality is everyone’s responsibility, including white collar workers, the indirect labor force, and the overhead staff. | |||
Quality defects should be hidden from the customers. | Defects should be highlighted and brought to the surface for corrective action. | |||
Quality problems lead to blame, faulty justification, and excuses. | Quality problems lead to cooperative solutions. | |||
Corrections-to-quality problems should be accomplished with minimum documentation. | Documentation is essential for “lessons learned” so that mistakes are not repeated. | |||
Increased quality will increase project costs. | Improved quality saves money and increases business. | |||
Quality is internally focused. | Quality is customer focused. | |||
Quality will not occur without close supervision of people. | People want to produce quality products. | |||
Quality occurs during project execution. | Quality occurs at project initiation and must be planned for within the project. |