Quality gate

Abstract: Studies have shown that only a very small number of initiated innovation projects result in market success. The problem is the conversion of good ideas into successful innovations. To address this problem and improve the innovation process, the Quality Gate methodology and generic Enterprise and Product Lifecycles based on a roadmapping methodology have been combined. In addition, a risk assessment that determines the selection of and extent to which gate criteria are evaluated, is combined in a methodology and introduced in a collaborative, web-based platform. The software contains the necessary components to build a structured roadmap and, by guiding a project team through the lifecycle with integrated Quality Gates, improve innovation.

Abstract: Early inspections of software requirements specifications (SRS) are known to be an effective and cost-efficient quality assurance technique. However, inspections are often applied with the underlying assumption that they work equally well to assess all kinds of quality attributes of SRS. Little work has yet been done to validate this assumption. At Capgemini sd&m, we set up an inspection technique to assess SRS, the so called “specification quality gate” (QG-Spec). The QG-Spec has been applied to a series of large scale commercial projects. In this paper we present our lessons learned and discuss, which quality attributes are effectively assessed by means of the QG-Spec - and which are not. We argue that our results can be generalized to other existing inspection techniques. We came to the conclusion that inspections have to be carefully balanced with techniques for constructive quality assurance in order to economically arrive at high quality SRS.

Abstract: Investments and decisions in automotive quality control are often based mostly on qualitative arguments For being able to justify the need for better quality control, quality needs to be given quantifiable monetary value In this article a cost model is introduced for comparing different inspection strategies and for creating an understanding of the structure of the costs of bad quality in automotive manufacturing This model is explained and tested using a case example Information of the costs of quality used in this case example is gathered from four German automotive companies manufacturing welded assemblies The same case example is used to compare two different inspection strategies: sampling inspection using a coordinate measuring machine (CMM) and 100 % an in-line inspection using a modern optical measuring system, the Mapvision Quality Gate The selection of the inspection strategy has a significant effect on the cost of bad quality The model points out that choosing a correct inspection strategy for quality control will lead to a significant increase in the profit margin of the business

Abstract: The invention discloses an integrated project management system comprising a plurality of clients, a database server and a plurality of functional systems which are all connected through a local area network. The system provided by the invention has the beneficial effects that a project is taken as the base point, so that a user can input the information such as progress plan, cost plan and quality gate into the system from the clients, and store the information in the database of the server end; the system provided by the invention has comprehensive management content and is added with the auxiliary systems of problem, contract, process, transaction, and organizational structure around three systems of progress, cost and quality. The information share, data accuracy and visualization, employee accountability expression, and approval process electronization in the project management controlling process are implemented, and the data accuracy is guaranteed through setting the organizational structure and permission, thereby avoiding the information isolated land caused by the fact that different departments are responsible for different contents.