COMM 225 Study Guide - Comprehensive Midterm Guide: Project Planning, Quality Management System, Longest Path Problem

• School: Concordia University
• Department: Commerce
• Course: COMM 225
• Professor: Peter Rosenthal

Document Summary

Joseph m. juran: quality control handbook (14-step), management responsible for 80% quality defects, Qm is a trilogy with quality planning, quality control & quality improvement. The pm is the person responsible for planning, scheduling, executing, & controlling a project from inception to completion, (cid:373)eeti(cid:374)g the p(cid:396)oject"s (cid:396)e(cid:395)ui(cid:396)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts & e(cid:374)su(cid:396)i(cid:374)g co(cid:373)pletio(cid:374) o(cid:374) ti(cid:373)e, within budget, and to required quality standard. Path (cid:373)ea(cid:374) = su(cid:373) of e(cid:454)pected du(cid:396)atio(cid:374) of acti(cid:448)ities o(cid:374) the path. The sta(cid:374)da(cid:396)d de(cid:448)iatio(cid:374) of each acti(cid:448)it(cid:455)"s duration is estimated as 1/6 of the difference between pessimistic & optimistic estimates. Note: 2 or more paths may become critical as a result, so subsequent i(cid:373)p(cid:396)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts (cid:449)ill (cid:396)e(cid:395)ui(cid:396)e si(cid:373)ulta(cid:374)eous sho(cid:396)te(cid:374)i(cid:374)g of 2 o(cid:396) (cid:373)o(cid:396)e paths. I(cid:374) so(cid:373)e cases, it"s (cid:373)o(cid:396)e economical to shorten an activity that is on 2 or more of the critical paths than 2 activities on each path. P(cid:396)oject co(cid:374)t(cid:396)ol: co(cid:373)pa(cid:396)i(cid:374)g a p(cid:396)oject"s p(cid:396)og(cid:396)ess agai(cid:374)st pla(cid:374)s a(cid:374)d taki(cid:374)g co(cid:396)(cid:396)ecti(cid:448)e actio(cid:374) if (cid:374)ecessa(cid:396)(cid:455)