Project controls monitor and adjust the cost, schedule and scope of a project to ensure that it is completed within budget, on time and as planned. Quality controls check to make sure that the result ...

Architects should follow the lead of many contractors and implement firmwide quality management programs. A quality program should establish construction document standards and include internal ...

Disadvantaged students who regularly attend top-notch after-school programs end up, after two years, academically far ahead of peers who spend more out-of-school time in unsupervised activities, ...

Over the last few months, I have heard various experienced and knowledgeable experts state (emphatically no less) totally contradictory opinions regarding quality assurance (QA), quality control (QC), ...

leads by actively engaging medical students, residents, and occasionally faculty in systems-based, interdisciplinary quality improvement activities. improves quality of care by performing and leading ...

Service businesses must emphasize quality control as much as businesses focused on manufacturing and sales, but the absence of physical products introduces a host of challenges to the quality-control ...

Propel your career forward with an accredited graduate certificate. Quality engineering is crucial to business success, safeguarding consumer interest and needs, and ensuring that uniformity, ...

The quality-measurement movement began more than 20 years ago and has resulted in transparent quality-performance information, accountability, and improvements. At the same time, proliferation of ...

Quality rating and improvement systems offer a promising framework for improving the quality of early childhood programs. Litzy Munoz, left, plays a tambourine as boys play with building blocks at the ...

Language immersion education is a relatively new field, so how can educators know if a program is effective? Shuhan Wang and Joy Kreeft Peyton, of Asia Society’s Chinese Early Language and Immersion ...

An effective quality control unit is independent from manufacturing and ensures current standards are followed. The safety and efficacy of pharmaceutical products is of utmost importance. Regulations ...

Measures of quality can include assessing structural components of a health care delivery system, processes of care, or outcomes of care. 1 To appreciate the impact of quality programs on cancer care, ...