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Process Control
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| | P | Process Control1. The features or mechanisms that control the execution of a *Process*, including process initiation, selection of process steps, selection of alternative steps, iteration of steps within a loop, and process termination.
2. Controlling mechanisms that ensure that a *Process* is conducted to maximum cost-effectiveness, including *Entry Criteria*, formal procedure specifications, and *Exit Criteria*.
---------- In development or manufacturing processes, the rate of *Variations* that reveal themselves as work product *Defects* is in general inversely proportional to the degree in which the process is formalised and followed. Or, poor processes produce bugs ...
See *Common Cause*, *Special Cause*.
Posted By: Don Mills Modified By: Don Mills Last Modified: Dec. 1, 2002
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