Describe tools and techniques for managing project quality. Define and describe as requested

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Describe tools and techniques for managing project quality. Define and describe as requested.

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The tools and techniques to manage project quality are as follows:

 

Stratification- (Divide and Conquer) Stratification is a method of sorting Data, Objects, and people into sub-categories and distinct groups. Classification of data can be based on Group, class, division, and rank that helps in determining the required information to understand a problem.

Histogram- Histogram is used to represent the density distribution of data among different groups of a sample that repeat more often. The histogram helps quickly and easily to locate the area of improvement that needs the greatest attention. It represents a group and frequency of data similar to a bar graph.

Check Sheet (Tally Sheet) - Check sheets are used to collect data that can be in a structured table, metrics. The data collected can be quantitative or qualitative. A check sheet is called the Tally sheet when the collected information is in quantitative data.

Cause-and-effect-diagram- Cause-and-effect-diagram was introduced by Kaoru Ishikawa, also known as the fishbone diagram helps to identify the various factors (or causes) leading to a problem usually known as a problem to be solved. A Fishbone diagram is commonly used to identify the probable source of the problem.

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