How can we simplify our quality systems?
Project quality plans are often diluted – spread out across multiple documents and shared locations. Even our terminology – quality management, quality assurance, quality control – is too complicated for the teams in the field installing the work. Project teams are incentivized to utilize cumbersome corporate processes, yet utilization remains low or the program itself is unimpactful.
- Do we need a movement for simplifying quality in the industry?
- Can quality can be achieved without cumbersome tools?
- How can we reduce the number of steps?
- How can we give back authority to project teams?
- How can we help teams to accomplish the objective without getting lost in the process?
- Are there are too many steps, documents, meetings, checklists, and work instructions which create unnecessary work for project teams?
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