OPM 370: Quality Management Assignment
Develop your own “personal quality checklist” that you would like to achieve each day and analyze the results over an extended period of time (3 weeks, 21 days).
The listing of possible checklist standards might include but they are not limited to:
Reduce screen time by 50%, for instance, or to 90 minutes per day
Avoid gossiping
Avoid complaining
Pray five prayers on time
Do not delay Alfajr Prayer
Review class notes after each class
No text messaging during classes
Limit phone calls to ten minutes
No more than 1 hour per day spent on social networking websites
No more than X hours of TV per week
Update schedule daily on PDA or computer calendar
Get up promptly-no snooze alarm
Ensure that team members are informed on project progress, each day or each
Complete all reading assignments as due
Inform professor of essential absences via e–mail, text, or phone message at least 24 hours in advance
Work in library (or other quiet place) to avoid interruptions
No more than one “junk food” snack per day
Exercise in gym for at least one hour, twice per week
Turn off cell phone during classes
Prepare or buy, and eat, breakfast every day
Eat 5 vegetables and fruits every day
Be the reason someone smiles every day
Ensure 20 minutes of me–time every day (walking, meditation, reading, yoga, shopping, cooking, etc)
Select/develop around ten items for personal tracking. Students are not required to use only items from this list.
TASK: After completing the project, answer these questions:
a. What did your analysis reveal?
b. Did you find that you improved simply because you began to measure these “defects”?
c. How did you feel about discussing your “defects” with others?
d. How might such a process help in a work environment?
