Practice question · True or false
In quality economics, detecting a defect is generally cheaper than preventing it.
Hints
- How does the cost move as the defect travels?
- The 1-10-100 rule.
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False
Why
False. The order runs prevention < detection < failure, usually by an order of magnitude at each step: a design review costs less than an inspection, which costs far less than a recall. That escalation is the whole argument for building quality in rather than testing it in at the end.
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