Question

Inspection/review can be done in either coordinated or not-coordinated fashion. Study has shown that coordinated inspection is more effective in detecting faults.

a. Define these two approaches

b. Explain the reasons behind the better performance of the coordinated inspection.

Answer 1

ANSWER:

GIVEN THAT:

A.

DEFINE THESE TWO APPROACHES:

1. INSPECTION:

It is a community's effort to evaluate and improve an agency/product/service function effectiveness by maintaining professional standards and leading the development of protocols.

2. COORDINATED INSPECTION:

Is the kind of inspection in which there is a prior knowledge that inspection is scheduled and preparations can be made according to the same where as non-coordinated inspection are usually uninformed or surprise visits to evaluate the real time scenario.

B.

THE REASONS BEHIND THE BETTER PERFORMANCE:

1. Below are some possible reasons that coordinated inspections are better than non-coordinated inspections:

A. Basic idea of coordinated inspection is evaluating and providing feedbacks which is lost in non-coordinated inspection which focuses on detecting faults.

B. Coordinated inspections align the expctations with the actual standards.

C. Non-coordinated inspection often results into multiple visits which leads to lot of time wastage

D. coordinated inspection reviews guides how improvements can be accompalished