Balancing Work Quality with Timeliness

Balancing Work Quality with Timeliness
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Balancing Work Quality with Timeliness
One of the prominent endeavors of any project manager is to achieve quality work within the stipulated timelines. This affords satisfaction to both the developers and customers. Quality refers to the characteristics of a deliverable that have bearing on its ability to satisfy the stated or implied needs (Schwalbe, 2019). Two strategies that project managers use to make sure that a project is correct and completed within time are testing and leadership. Testing of products is critical because it ensures quality, which in turn begets customer satisfaction. Testing of any product needs to be done at every stage of the development cycle to ensure effectiveness. Just as important, developers and testers must involve all stakeholders to make sure that all needs and expectations are met (Schwalbe, 2019). The technique is also important because it helps the development teams to gauge the viability of thei...