Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) in Project Management?
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Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) in Project Management?

No one wants a defective product. Defects are costly, frustrating, and damaging to the company’s reputation.

As a project manager, you will try to avoid failure in your deliverable using every possible technique. One is “Failure Mode and Effect Analysis,” or FMEA. This helps you locate potential issues with a product and allows you to take corrective action.

The FMEA can improve your systems, design processes, and production processes.

This technique is also known as “Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis” (FMECA) or sometimes simply “failure modes.”

9 Best Project Tracking Software: Free and Paid

9 Best Project Tracking Software: Free and Paid

This post will discuss project tracking and then review 9 best project tracking tools that you can use for your project.  But before that, what is project tracking? Project tracking is the process of monitoring the status and progress of a project. Project tracking is done to ensure the project is on the right track….

What is a Burn up Chart in Agile Project Management?

What is a Burn up Chart in Agile Project Management?

Graphs convey information easily. Project managers use different graphs and charts to visually show the project status and progress, making it easier for stakeholders to understand. Charts have many benefits in project management. They help keep track of project status and allow stakeholders to understand the project’s progress and see the issues, timeline, and budget. …

Scatter Diagram (Scatter Plot or Correlation Chart): A Guide with Examples
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Scatter Diagram (Scatter Plot or Correlation Chart): A Guide with Examples

A scatter diagram is one of the seven basic tools of quality, but many professionals find it to be a difficult concept.

Other charts use lines or bars to show data, while a scatter diagram uses dots. This may be confusing, but it is often easier to understand than lines and bars.

In this blog post, I will explain the scatter diagram.

A scatter plot, scatter graph, and correlation chart are other names for a scatter diagram.

Fishbone Diagram (Cause and Effect, or Ishikawa Diagram): Example and Template
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Fishbone Diagram (Cause and Effect, or Ishikawa Diagram): Example and Template

The fishbone diagram is one of the seven basic quality control tools. Though all these tools have their importance, the fishbone diagram is distinct.

In Six Sigma, you use it in the “Analyze” phase of DMAIC. DMAIC stands for define, measure, analyze, improve, and control.

This diagram got the name Ishikawa because Japanese professor Kaoru Ishikawa developed it in 1960. Mr. Ishikawa was a famous expert in quality management.

Control Chart Versus Run Chart
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Control Chart Versus Run Chart

In this blog post, we will discuss the control chart and the run chart. This is a request from Umasankar Natarajan, who is a visitor to my blog and asked me to write about the seven basic quality control tools.

Although a run chart is not one of these basic quality control tools, knowing it will help you understand the control chart.

Control charts and run charts are essential tools in quality management that help you identify trends or errors in the product or the process. These charts let you know:

Control Quality Versus Validate Scope
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Control Quality Versus Validate Scope

The control quality and validate scope processes help you build the right product and deliver it to the client. These are important processes and you should understand them well.

However, before we discuss these processes, let’s have a quick look at the meanings of “validate” and “verify.” I have seen many experienced professionals who don’t understand the difference between the two terms.

Verification is about building the product correctly.

What is a Workaround in Project Management?
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What is a Workaround in Project Management?

I have mentioned workarounds in many posts and comments. For many PMP aspirants, it was a new concept. A few of them requested that I write a detailed post on it. 

They had difficulty with understating a few issues, such as: What is a workaround? What plan do we use for workarounds? Which reserve will you use for workarounds? In which process do you manage workarounds?

So, I am writing this blog post on workarounds to answer these questions.

Work Performance Data and Work Performance Information

Work Performance Data and Work Performance Information

At a glance, Work Performance Data and Work Performance Information seem similar; both terms are different, although they are closely related; they help you understand the project’s status.

Work Performance Data gives you rough data on the project’s status and helps you create the Work Performance Information. It is the basis of performance reports.

A performance report is a very important communication tool for a project manager and to create it you will need Work Performance Data and Work Performance Information.

If you understand these two concepts, creating performance reports won’t be difficult.