W. Edwards Deming as a Guide for Reducing Risk in Project Management

Review And Discussion

This section discusses a specific project that was completed while demonstrating how the incorporation of TQM principles was integral to achieving the desired outcome upon project completion (Bialaszewski & Bialaszewski, 2010). There were several early pioneers in the development of the TQM approach. Aside from W. Edwards Deming (2014), other important figures in the development of this area included Joseph M. Juran, Philip B. Crosby, Walter A. Shewhart, Kaoru Ishikawa, and Armand V., Feigenbaum (Partington, Pellegrinelli, & Young, 2005), as well as others. However, we will focus on Dr. Deming’s work for the purpose of this study.

A recent survey has shown that many faculty members teaching at the college level believe that the area of project management should be taught to students early in their college program. However, many colleges are only introducing these important skills late in the curriculum, and some are not introducing these skills at all. This may be the result of the fact that only recently has the area of project management obtained frameworks, structure, systematic tools, and techniques to implement projects (Kwak, 2003). . Entrepreneurs and executives manage companies and projects on a daily basis, so it is critically important to employ project management skills and tools. Research has been completed in this area to demonstrate the importance of the project management area. However, too often, total quality management (TQM) is ignored as projects are completed.