The Control Quality process
Quality control is imperative for the successful acceptance of the deliverable. In the last section, you reviewed quality gates and governance gates that are scheduled to check for quality and to make go/no-go decisions. It is also realistic to assume that the scope of work is being inspected as well, to approve the requirements as having been met. Scope and quality are like peanut butter and jelly. They go together. Inspection of the deliverable is necessary. Riding the bike around the block or checking for chocolate chips is all part of the inspection process of quality control. Managing quality, or quality assurance, means making sure our team is following the steps of the process, and that quality control is properly checking that the result is fit for use and that it works. To track quality performance, it may be necessary to utilize visual charts and graphs to see trends in performance. Most quality control best practices began in the manufacturing...