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ALSO CALLED: Data Quality Control, Total Quality Management, TQM, Quality Standards
DEFINITION: Total Quality Management (TQM) is a comprehensive and structured approach to organizational management that seeks to improve the quality of products and services through ongoing refinements in response to continuous feedback. TQM requirements may be defined separately for a particular organization or may be in adherence to established standards, such as the International Organization for Standardization's  … 
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Quality Control Reports
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The Secret to Designing Products Customers Love: Manage Requirements Effectively
sponsored by Jama Software
ANALYST REPORT: Requirements management is critical to the successful development of today's modern products. Read this Analyst Report from the Aberdeen Group, including a case study on Intrapace's use of Jama Contour, to find out how requirements management helps companies accelerate development cycles, improve profit margins and design great products.
Posted: 01 Feb 2010 | Published: 01 Feb 2010


New Rational Functional Tester Trial
sponsored by IBM
TRIAL SOFTWARE: Rational Functional Tester provides test teams with automated testing capabilities for functional testing, regression testing, GUI testing and data-driven testing.
Posted: 25 Jan 2010 | Published: 25 Jan 2010


The automation Evolution: An Analysis of the Evolution of Automation in Software Quality Management
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This paper examines the benefits of quality management automation, the progression of its adoption and future opportunities for expanding it.
Posted: 25 Jan 2010 | Published: 25 Jan 2010


Effective data quality program management: Tips and advice
sponsored by DataFlux Corporation
PODCAST: In this 12 minute podcast, get expert advice for successfully leading data quality management initiatives. Find out more about data quality program planning, required skill sets and common challenges.
Posted: 25 Jan 2010 | Premiered: 25 Jan 2010


IT Operations: An Automation Odyssey
sponsored by Kaseya
WHITE PAPER: According to Forrester’s new report, 75% of a typical IT budget is spent on maintaining existing systems. By automating routine IT tasks, progressive firms become leaner and more responsive to business conditions. Download this free Forrester report to learn more about the benefits of IT automation.
Posted: 21 Jan 2010 | Published: 21 Jan 2010


5 Steps to Reducing Downtime: Best Practices for Windows Server Application High Availability
sponsored by Marathon Technologies
WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses five steps for protecting Windows Server applications from downtime, offering established best practices to reduce potential single points of failure and ensure rapid recovery or continued operations in the event of failure.
Posted: 13 Jan 2010 | Published: 13 Jan 2010


The IBM Rational Jazz Strategy for Collaborative Application Lifecycle Management
sponsored by Island Training Solutions, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn about the IBM Rational Jazz project, which encapsulates three distinct but related initiatives in an effort to enable collaborative Application Lifecycle Management.
Posted: 30 Dec 2009 | Published: 30 Dec 2009


Behind the scenes in Vancouver – 100 days to go
sponsored by Atos Origin
VIDEO: With just under 100 days to go to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Magnus Alvarsson, chief integrator at Atos Origin explains what has been done so far and what lies ahead for the technology team. Watch this video to understand the remaining steps that must be taken to ensure the 2010 Olympics go off without any major problems.
Posted: 24 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 24 Nov 2009


Video Whitepaper: Rapid Bottleneck Identification: A Better Way to do Load Testing
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WEBCAST: Rapid bottleneck identification (RBI) is a new testing methodology that allows quality assurance (QA) professionals to very quickly uncover Web application performance limitations and determine the impact of those limitations on the end user experience.
Posted: 28 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 28 Oct 2009


Best Practices and State of the Art Tools for Modern GUI Creation
sponsored by Instantiations
WHITE PAPER: GUI building tools allow developers to spend less time and money creating Java GUIs, because they can focus on creating application-specific functionality rather than coding the low-level logic required for GUIs to run.
Posted: 04 Feb 2009 | Published: 04 Feb 2009


Delivering Quality in Eclipse-Based Java Development
sponsored by Instantiations
WHITE PAPER: CodePro AnalytiX as part of a continuous or nightly-build process, seamlessly integrate it into any Eclipse-based Java development environment, or use a combination of the two implementation approaches.
Posted: 04 Feb 2009 | Published: 04 Feb 2009


Achieving Compliant Manufacturing Excellence through Real-time Performance Management
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Manufacturers are feeling new pressure on their operations from many directions. Dynamic market needs, increased compliance requirements, more distributed manufacturing operations, rapid product innovation, lean manufacturing, and the transition to new IT technology all manifest themselves on the plant floor and throughout the enterprise.
Posted: 26 Jan 2009 | Published: 26 Jan 2009


The Executive Guide to Business Analyst and Project Management Terminology
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: In this guide you will learn the most commonly used business analysis and project management terms and it helps you better communicate with business analysis and project management professionals.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 10 Dec 2008


Qos: What Is It? Why Do We Need It?
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: QoS can be used in converged networks to provide voice packets priority access to resources, or it can be used to differentiate data packets from different application stream and provide access to resources according to policy.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 10 Dec 2008


Using Virtualization for Testing and Development Environments
sponsored by Dell and Microsoft
PODCAST: In this podcast, virtualization expert Anil Desai talks with WhatIs.com's Alex Howard about the many ways virtualization can be used to improve software testing and development.
Posted: 04 Dec 2008 | Premiered: 04 Dec 2008


Agile Development: A Manager's Roadmap for Success
sponsored by VersionOne Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper presents the key characteristics of successful agile managers as they introduce and scale agile methods. Learn what agile managers can do to help their teams and organizations adopt agile development practices to deliver real...
Posted: 02 Oct 2008 | Published: 02 Oct 2008


Infor - ERP LN
sponsored by Infor
SOFTWARE DEMO: Infor ERP LN is an advanced, easy-to-use ERP solution that brings together a wide range of business functions to serve the needs of leading discrete and project-based manufacturers in industrial industries. Check out this demo for more details.
Posted: 04 Sep 2008 | Published: 04 Sep 2008


Sharpen Your Competitive Edge with Field Service Applications for BlackBerry
sponsored by BlackBerry
WEBCAST: With BlackBerry wireless technology and the development of ATSG's wireless workflow applications, we have simplified collecting and managing information to save you money.
Posted: 25 Aug 2008 | Premiered: 25 Aug 2008


Best Practices for Implementing Automated Functional Testing
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: By automating functional testing, you can take major steps forward to improve automated business processes. Your development and QA teams can increase the speed and accuracy, and your IT department can achieve a higher ROI from software projects.
Posted: 29 Apr 2008 | Published: 29 Apr 2008

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QUALITY CONTROL DEFINITION (continued): …  ISO 9000 series. TQM can be applied to any type of organization; it originated in the manufacturing sector and has since been adapted for use in almost every type of organization imaginable, including schools, highway maintenance, hotel management, and churches. As a current focus of e-business, TQM is based on quality management from the customer's point of view.TQM processes are divided into four sequential categories: plan, do, check, and act (the PDCA cycle). In the planning phase, people define the problem to be addressed, collect relevant data, and ascertain the problem's root cause; in … 
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