The Practical Guide to Defect Prevention

Implementing a Prevention Tab Program

The biggest hurdle in implementing a prevention tab methodology is addressing the culture of the organization. The product team must be committed to a process of ongoing improvement and perhaps be given some incentive to do so. People, and organizations, don’t like to make mistakes. As a result, they are not typically willing to discuss errors openly. However, to spread the learning from these mistakes across the organization requires that the information be available to all. The ability to be honest about failure requires an individual to trust that the manager will not be using it as part of a performance review. The actual implementation of the prevention tab can be as simple as a suggestion box or a ...