Overview Even if you have a well-planned and controlled project, there is still one important but sometimes overlooked area that will impact the success of a project. This very important area is quality management and assurance. There are many quality systems that exist today thanks to the work of pioneers such as Dr. William Edward Deming. You will be evaluating different quality systems such as ISO 9000, Six Sigma, plan-do-check-act (PDCA), Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI), benchmarking, and Malcolm Baldrige for your project. You will be deciding on a project of your own choosing as the basis for the assignments throughout this class.Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 350–500 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.Research at least 2 sources (which may include your textbook) to support your response, and discuss the following: What is quality assurance, and why is it important in the context of a project? Compare and contrast 3 of what you consider to be the most appropriate types of quality systems for the project that you will use in your Key Assignment. In your opinion, what is the best type of quality system? Why? Write 2 more paragraphs that are an introduction and conclusion to this topic. Be sure to include your references, and format your submission in APA format.

Write a 150-200 word response to the following discussion activity. Use specific references and direct quotes from our readings this week to illustrate and support your view/s. Discussion Activity #1One way to understand "magical realism" is as a kind of pleasant joke on "realism," suggesting as it does a new kind of fiction, one that manages to combine the "truthful" and "verifiable" aspects of realism with the "magical" effects we associate with myth, folklore, and the tall tale. But more seriously, magical realism also challenges the status quo, or dominant way of looking at things. Normal notions about time, place, identity, and even the laws of physics are challenged, suspended, lured away from certitude. Sometimes, the intersection between realism and the magical in "magical realism" depends upon a colliding of cultures or civilizations, one so-called "primitive" and hence more in touch with magic, and the other "civilized" and supposedly "realistic" by being grounded in science, and wary of illusion and superstition. Compare and contrast two of the magical realist texts this week and describe how the narrative uses elements of the "magical" to resist or challenge our basic sense of what's real. By suspending our grasp on "reality," how do the stories make us think differently about time (playing with an understanding of the past and present), or place (what is physically and imaginatively near and what is far), or identity (our acceptance of social or cultural norms). Comment especially on how the texts force us to consider our basic assumption that "reality" can always be explained by making rational, provable distinctions between the "real" and the so-called "magical".