"Quality improvement should not be a voluntary activity. It must be integrated into the system"
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Joseph M. Juran
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Process Improvement
Unsatisfied Customers, weak
productivity, a lot of rework?
Qualibre Technologies has
the expertise and the knowledge to help and consult on the industry
best practices. Our improvement services
include:
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Quality Center of Excellence
Given the increasing complexity in regards to software
development, it is not coincidence that some organizations lack
time, expertise and technology to deliver high quality software on
time and within budget. The Chaos report from the Standish Group
states that
· 31.1% of software projects are cancelled prior to delivery
· 52.7% of software projects cost 189% more than estimated
· 16.2% of software projects are completed on time and within
budget in small organizations, whereas large organizations tend
to complete 9% of their projects with only 42% of the
requirements and functionalities implemented
How then can you be sure to maximize your return on investment of
software projects when facing these kinds of statistics?![](../../../images/pdficon_small.gif)
- Quality Improvement
Typical organizations struggle when juggling with many goals and
worries, such as dealing with competitors, outsourcing in-house
resources and projects, mastering emergent technologies, committing
to total customers satisfaction and insuring a positive return on
investment from its services. A quality improvement plan is a sound
and proven solution to overcome these kinds of situations that keep
you from reaching your goals and offering high quality services to
your customers.![](../../../images/pdficon_small.gif)
- Methodologies
and best practices
What do poor project management,
unrealistic schedules, inadequate analysis techniques and bad tools
selection strategies have in common? They are all traditional
examples of problems connected to software development which lead to
the failure of a project. However, despite all these bad approaches,
software development organizations still repeat the same mistakes.
Still nowadays, the software industry suffers from maturity and
discipline in regards to the development of a product in conformity
with the requirements, the deadlines and the cost envisaged. Indeed,
it is common to perceive a feeling of dissatisfaction and faintness
when a customer tests his software for the very first time.![](../../../images/pdficon_small.gif)
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The Cost of Quality
Various articles have been published concerning the cost of quality
and the importance of measuring it correctly. Some software
managers have the mentality that quality control is an activity
aiming to delay the delivery and raise the project costs. They
simply ignore their own quality costs. Sadly, only a fraction of
software organizations take good care of their investment in
quality. In fact, just 50% of project costs are towards quality
costs, of which 40% in failure, 7% in appraisal and only 3% in
prevention.![](../../../images/pdficon_small.gif)
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