Cost of Conformance
Cost of conformance refers to the costs associated with preventing poor quality in products, deliverables, or services of a specific project. This includes the following: - Appraisal costs: Costs related to evaluating, measuring, auditing, and testing products, deliverables, or services of a specific project. - Prevention costs: Costs related to building a quality product, including training, documenting processes, equipment, and time to do it right. - Failure costs (internal/external): Costs related to nonconformance of products, deliverables, or services based on the needs or expectations of the stakeholders. This includes rework and scrap.
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