Posts Tagged with "quality"

#12a: Exceptional product quality is driven by its creators, not by the market.

Above a certain level, product quality is not, in and of itself, important to the market. Any increase in the customer base attributable to an increase in quality is offset by the additional time (and hence money) spent to deliver the product.Read more →

#12a1: How do companies who sell a high quality brand succeed?

If the market does not reward exceptional product quality, how do we reckon with companies whose brand is one of high quality?Read more →

#12a2: Time, money, and quality are competing factors (to the detriment of quality).

Production is constrained by three competing factors: time, money, and quality. You cannot optimise for all three at one: time and money, for example, cannot both be minimised while quality is maximised.Read more →

Reference #129: Peopleware

Time pressure leads to faster work, not better work. Speed comes at the cost of quality.Read more →

Reference #130: Peopleware

Threatened self-esteem is a major contributor to strong emotions in the workplace. Individuals tend to tie their self esteem to product quality. Hence quality is linked to productivity through a worker's self-esteem.Read more →

Reference #131: Peopleware

Quality, in and of itself, is not the most desirable trait in the marketplace. While reducing quality of a product will reduce the number of people willing to buy, it will simultaneously increase the profit margin as less time was spent on development.Read more →

Reference #132: Peopleware

A culture where developers set the quality standard — and the standard is high — leads to higher productivity, increased job satisfaction, and lower turnover.Read more →

Reference #137: Peopleware

Due to the distractions present in a work day, overtime — or, starting early or staying late — is often used not as a means to increase the quantity of work time but rather its quality.Read more →

Reference #141: Peopleware

High levels of workplace noise correlates to increased defects in a product.Read more →

Reference #164: Peopleware

Building a low quality product leads to lower pride in product. This inhibits team jelling; team members lack a joint sense of accomplishment.Read more →