Jessica M. Copeland MPM 357-1702A-01: Project Performance & Quality Assurance Unit 1: Discussion Board 2 Assignment: QUALITY ASSURANCE PRINCIPLES Submitted to: Professor Kay Crook Date: April 11, 2017 Colorado Technical University (Online) The Plan-Do-Check Act P – Design or revise business process to improve results. (PLAN) D – Implement the plan and test its performance. (DO) C – Asses the measurements and report the results to decision makers. (CHECK) A – Decide on changes needed to improve the process. (ACT) Pros: • Effective for problem solving. • Effective for managing changes. • Insures that ideas are appropriately tested before committing to implementation. The Plan-Do-Check Act allows for a simple yet organized process. It is …show more content…
CMMI is not a process but a model. It shows what is to be done and it must be applied rather than implemented. Pros: • Provides guidance for measuring, monitoring and managing development processes. • Provides guidance to enable informed and decisive acquisition leadership. • Provide guidance for those providing services within an organization and to externally. Six Sigma Six Sigma is a mythology used to eliminate defects in a process, product, or service. It calls for a continuous effort to get processes to the point they will produce stable and predictable results. Six Sigma uses 2 standard methologies: • DMAIC = Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control : This is used on existing processes. • DMADV = Define, Measure, Analyze, Design, Verify : This is used when designing new Processes. In my opinion, The Plan-Do-Check Act would be the best to insure quality as well as the easiest to implement. It breaks a project down into more manageable steps and facilitates gradual incremental improvements. It also insures that ideas are appropriately tested before committing to