University of Virginia Total Quality Management & Six Sigma Discussions

Part 1

Reflect on the Chapter 9: Risk response and Treatment Options and Chapter 10: Risk Monitoring and Control and then type a two page paper regarding what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding. Define and describe what you thought was worthy of your understanding in half a page, and then explain why you felt it was important, how you will use it, and/or how important it is in project planning.

Also, please answer the following:

• • What is TQM?
  • What must a Project Quality Plan address?
  • What does the cost of quality refer to?
  • What is Six Sigma?
  • Compare and contrast Quality Control and Quality Assurance.
  • Please research and provide a two page, referenced discussion on the logic of identifying and eliminating risk for a project and be sure to include an explanation on how an organization comes to conclusions as to how much revenue and time to commit to this process.

Note: Make sure to cite the references in the content as well as the reference section and follow APA format

Part 2

#1. What is Six Sigma – what does it mean mathematically? What tools, techniques, and methods that you would you traditionally use in a Six Sigma facilitation? What do you envision the roles and responsibilities for a Six Sigma centered project? Provide 8 Six Sigma tools and explain what they are used for.

#2. For this assignment, you have been assigned as the project manager for a project involving the installation of a new Internet security suite for your company.

Complete the following tasks for your project:

• Provide a brief overview of your project.
• Describe positive and negative risks within your project.
• Discuss how each of the identified risks can affect the success or failure of the project and rank each risk in terms of impact to the project.
• Propose risk mitigation and management approaches for each identified risk.
• Describe the role policy plays in the planning and performing of risk management processes.

Note: Attached the template for part 2, it needs to be completed based upon the attached template guidelines and Make sure to cite the references in the content as well as the reference section and follow APA format

Use Managing Project Risks text book attached and also refer to PMBOK