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IT Project Management, 2nd Edition
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IT Project Management, 2nd Edition

by Joseph Phillips
April 2004
Intermediate to advanced
520 pages
13h 12m
English
McGraw-Hill
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10.1. Defining Quality

Quality. How many times a day do you hear that word? Reports of it come from all around you: upper management, television commercials, salespeople, and the news. At every turn, someone is spouting off about their quality carwashes, the process of quality management, or the benefits of purchasing their quality products.

But what is quality and how does it relate to project management? Quality, according to the Guide to Project Management Body of Knowledge, is the "totality of characteristics of an entity that bear on its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs." Quality, according to Webster's New World Dictionary, is "the degree of excellence of a thing." Hmm... to a project manager then, quality could mean many things—and ...

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